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Instead of reducing kids to their labels (like ADHD, high-strung, anxious, overly emotional, too much) or waiting until they "grow out of it" ...
let's give them tools to manage their thoughts and emotions when they're young, so that they can build their lives on a foundation of mental and emotional resilience.​
​​When you, as a parent, are empowered with these tools alongside your child, you have a shared language for cultivating emotional intelligence in everyday moments. By incorporating these tools, the whole family benefits and begins to grow together.
Hi, I'm Lindsay! It's nice to meet you.
As a Child Development Expert & Mindfulness Teacher, I want to change the way we teach kids about mental and emotional health.
​Using my own personal experiences, 20+ years of child development study, an international mindfulness certification, and the latest child development research, I am continually dreaming up new ways to get kids excited about neuroscience, deep breathing, growth mindset, thought management, and balancing self-care with a desire to achieve.
My work has been featured in a growing list of publications, podcasts and platforms because mindfulness is the solution so many people are looking for.
Therapy and the classical psychological model was based on adult brains, not kid brains.
Instead of working with a counseling system that was designed for adults and adapted to kids, I wanted to create a playful methodology built around the unique needs of kids and modern families.
I'm proud to be a leader in this emerging field of kids mindfulness coaching because I know these tools, delivered in a warm, fun way, empower kids in a way that nothing else does.
While therapy is supportive for some kids, I believe what most kids and families need is a bit of guidance about:
how the brain works
what it means to manage your thoughts

practices to calm down the nervous system
Counseling used to be the only way to support kids' mental health, but mindfulness coaching has since emerged as a viable option for parents who want to help their kids manage stress and thrive in our modern world.
Life today - in our culture of high-achievement - is full of challenges and demands. Learning which tools allow us to adapt and be flexible in tough moments means that we aren't frozen when faced with stress. Instead, we can learn to work with it and thrive.
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When I started helping kids learn to manage stress skillfully, I asked myself,
'As a mom, what would be the most effective way to teach kids these skills?'
Like you, I navigated my childhood without these tools so I’m passionate about helping this generation of kids learn to manage emotions, work through feelings of anxiety, and express their needs so that they're free to live fully, unencumbered by out-of-control emotions, persistent self-doubt, and false ideas about what they're actually capable of.
I help your kids access the potential you see in them every day.​
​I do this by sharing tools in playful ways, making sure our time together is engaging, and looping you into the conversation so we're all working together to support your child synergistically.
what's in a name?
stress
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The feeling that we don't have the resources (capability, time, energy, etc) to meet the demands we face. For kids, this often looks like persistent feelings of inadequacy or anxiety. To reduce stress, we can either adjust the demands or increase our capacity to handle them.
nanny
Someone who helps you keep any eye on how your kids are doing. A nanny works closely with you to understand your unique family and help you care for, look after, and support the mental, physical and emotional growth of children within your home.
The Stress Nanny is meant to convey a mindful approach to managing challenges with the goal of helping you keep an eye on your family's stress levels and allowing stress to invite growth instead of holding your kids back.
Coaching calls with the Stress Nanny are long enough that we can connect, catch up, learn some things together, laugh, and problem solve but short enough (and conveniently virtual) so that it doesn't interfere with their rest of your life - or get in the way of your child doing the things that he/she loves.
I find that teaching the tools to kids in their homes (via zoom) allows us to find ready-application to the issues and struggles your child is experiencing. Learning the skills at home helps the kids apply the skills at home and avails them of your support so that they can practice the skills anywhere - at school, sports, performances, etc.
During a recent conversation, one client simply used these words, deeming her 8 year old's experience with coaching "life-changing."
There is nothing I love more than talking about kids and mindfulness...
(well, maybe soccer or rollerblading to the post office with this week’s Mindfulness Mail)
... so I'd love to chat with you about how I can help you make these super simple and effective tools part of your family’s day to day. If you just need a few ideas to get you going, I'm happy to share what I know! If working with me is part of that plan, I welcome it. I get to work with the coolest families.
