Slow family living 75 simple ways to slow down, connect, and create more joy

A guide to rediscovering the meaning and contentment of day-to-day family life offers seventy-five ideas for connecting with family that make the most of shared time and strive to strengthen family relationships.

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Main Author: Noll, Bernadette
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Perigee, 2013.
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505 0 |a Foreword / by Carrie Contey -- Is this working for us? -- Pause -- Start the day with four deep, slow breaths -- Connect the dots -- See me, feel me, touch me : increasing your connection -- Practicing family life -- Appreciate -- Picture this -- Dropping love bombs -- Listen with your heart open -- The family that learns together -- Slow sports -- Taking slow where you can get it -- Bedtime bliss -- High point-low point -- The blitz : a family tidy up -- Spend nothing day -- One on one -- Deciding to be done -- Treating family time like a good book -- Syncing your calendars (the old-fashioned way) -- Go outside and play -- Camp out at home -- Slow summer camp -- Community service, family style -- Magnetic attraction : a slow walk with a purpose -- Do-over -- Happy you day! -- Make 'em laugh -- Say good-bye like you mean it -- Ponder invitations (and practice saying no!) -- Playing hooky, family style -- Family homework -- Keeping a family journal -- Spacious transitions -- Just ten extra minutes -- This i believe -- Throw the rules out the window -- Timed talking -- What do you need? -- Fantasy island -- Sigh. Forgive. Let go. Move on -- Make stuff together -- Dinner co-op -- The family that cooks together -- How low can your pantry go? -- Siblings for life -- Date night -- The half-full weekend -- A night in the park -- Take a mental picture -- Screen free -- Take five -- Slow holidays -- Out with the old (before you ring in the new) -- Going from fast to slow -- How did we get here? -- Partner up -- Reflect and project -- Beneath every behavior is a need -- The family billboard -- Real cooperation -- Dance party rock band -- Spontaneous game night -- The family lemonade stand -- The love pop-in -- Freaky friday -- Dear (drop everything and read) time -- Happy birthday to you -- Lazing about: don't beat 'em, join 'em! -- Don't sweep until the rice dries -- Capturing the ideal -- Road trip! -- May the circle be open -- Making big change -- Final note -- Acknowledgments. 
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