Happy Earth Day!

I found this amazing resource (pictured below) that is a perfect activity to do with your child....it combines mindfulness, gratitude, and the outdoors and does NOT require any special materials or other people. Perfect for social distancing!  Win-win!

Get outside today and enjoy this scavenger hunt.  (Edited to add that in the event that you are quarantined inside, you can still participate in the scavenger hunt-- see what you can find in your home and by looking out a window!)

I hope everyone is hanging in.  I feel like, in my house anyway, there is some sort of grief process happening with all of us, but especially with my child.  It changes with every new development about shelter-in-place requirements and confirms my suspicions that one of the toughest things to deal with from a mental health perspective is the not knowing.  We can't wrap are heads around and process what we don't know!  This leaves us in a perpetual state of uncertainty which can manifest into anxiety.

I believe that mindfulness is the antidote.  Be here now.  Hopefully this activity will help us to focus on the present, ground us a little, get us outside and let us breathe deep and show gratitude for all that we have.  Happy Earth Day!