I am the founder of My Mindful Co, a mom to 3 amazing boys and a qualified conscious parenting coach. Having studied at Dr Shefali’s Coaching Institute and now residing in Cape Town. Let’s rewind a couple of year and start with the why and how the idea for My Mindful Co was born. In 2017 I lost my 7 day old baby Knox, very unexpectedly to an unknown virus while in the hospital. This hit me like a freight train. Humbled me beyond words and forced me to dig deeper than I ever thought possible for the courage and strength I knew had to inside me somewhere. After our loss I also witnessed increased anxiety in my other boys. They worried about death and what would happen to them if we were no longer around. They were sad and angry that the brother they met in hospital never got to come home. Short of taking them for therapy, I really wanted to connect with them and help them as their mom. I didn’t know how to help them, I was still busy trying to help myself. The anxiety seemed to stay and the need to control everything also kicked in, sometimes leading to massive outbursts and unwanted behavior. But I could see that they were in distress and not behaving this way out of choice. I searched high and low for resources, activities, and stories. But came up empty handed every time. I wanted an all in one guide that could teach social emotion concepts in a very child friendly way. Then it became clear. I had been learning all these wonderful, helpful tools to heal, regulate myself and grow as a person. Why on earth are we not teaching our children these same strategies at an early age? why did I have to suffer a trauma or wait till my 30’ties to learn these things. What if we could raise a whole generation of happy, resilient, confident children with a growth mindset and give them the tools to cope through life’s unavoidable obstacles. I put my head down for 2 year and did a conscious parenting coaching course with the Dr Shefali Couching institute. When I completed that I put any thought of couching on hold to start compiling the Mindful Me Lifeskills Journal. An all-in-one super journal with activities and stories that teach invaluable life lessons. A safe place for kids to express themselves without judgement by introducing them to journaling. They will learn about their feelings, what they do and how to cope with them. This also brings a very special opportunity for connection between parent and child, if you choose to be their journal partner and work through it with them. Adults may learn a thing or two themselves! My only vision is to help raise a more conscious generation, one little human at a time.