🌿 The Parent Pause Toolkit
This activity bundle is a gentle, therapist-informed resource designed to help you, as a parent, slow down, breathe, and reconnect — even on the hardest days. With seven calming sections grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this toolkit meets you where you are, offering soft guidance without pressure or perfection.
Inside, you'll find:
Section 1 🧘♀️ Foundations of Pausing:
Why slowing down matters, even when it feels impossible
Section 2🌱 The Power of Gentle Tools:
Small ways to co-regulate, no perfect mood required
🗣️ Gentle Language for Co-Regulation:
How tone, posture, and words help kids feel safe
🙏 Grounding & Reset Rituals:
Soothing practices for challenging moments
💬 Mindful Phrases to Try:
Words that open space for connection, not control
🛠️ Create Your Own Pause Plan
Build your personalized support strategy
🧩 Build a Pause Deck
- Visual, simple cards to practice and return to anytime
🌤 Final Reflection Page
- A reminder of what already matters most
Whether you're near the edge or already past it, this isn’t about “doing it right.” It’s about pausing with intention — and finding your way back to connection, one breath at a time.
✅ Digital PDF | 22 pages of calming content and printable tools
✨ Perfect for parents, caregivers, and therapists supporting mindful families with children ages 3-10
📥 Instant download available in our store
🪴 Created by Mindful Living Resources™ – gentle tools for growing minds.
If you are not quite ready yet, we offer a mini version of this resource - 3 Tiny Noticing Practices for Calmer Parenting. It is designed to be simple, quick, and flexible. It doesn't focus on strict scripts. Instead, it's just gentle ideas to help you slow down, notice your inner world, and connect with your child in small, meaningful ways.
You can download the free PDF right here. Just grab it and go!
We're confident that if you download 3 Tiny Noticing Practices for Calmer Parenting and give it a try, you'll come back for the full expanded toolkit!
Take care!
The Parent Pause Tookit
All of the pages in this bundle have a high-quality PDF format, perfect for easy printing.
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