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Parenting Tips During Self-Isolation
This week, we saw Kansas shuttering their schools for the remainder of the school year. Last night, Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced that schools statewide will be closed through April 17. These turbulent times already bring about a level of uncertainty, but with kids home for longer than their usual Spring Breaks, it also brings about changes to our routine and patterns. As a... -
How to Start a Daily Meditation Practice in Three Easy Steps
Meditation. The word tends to produce a pretty visceral response when you hear it. Perhaps it’s one of serene excitement, where the nervous center has a Pavlov-dogs’ style reaction to the anticipation of getting a reset. Or maybe, it’s a feeling somewhere between skepticism and revolt, where the idea of slowing down strikes your “lack-of-productivity” nerve. But as we enter World Mental Health Awareness... -
Downloadable Guide to Self-Care
Times have been tough these past few months. Here at Bluebird, we talk a lot about self-care. Recently, we've been covering the topic even more than usual - not because it's a trendy buzzword, but because it is so crucially important during this period of uncertainty and overwhelming stress that many of us are facing. As a CBD company, our mission is to help... -
Bluebird Botanicals’ Favorite Wellness Apps and Podcasts
In continuing celebration of Mental Health Awareness Week, we are doing a roundup of our favorite wellness apps and podcasts to help you work towards or maintain balanced mental health. Without further ado, here is Bluebird’s list. Wellness Apps Wellness apps are plentiful. They range from those that teach you mindfulness tools that can assist with managing your own mental health to those that... -
The 2019 Back-to-School Wellness Guide for Parents
All good things must come to an end...including summer break. Kids and parents alike everywhere are mourning the end of freedom and the beginning of the new school year, which naturally includes soccer practices, parent-teacher conferences, homework, lunch packing, and endless hours in the car. Kids think it stinks for them...little do they know how much it stinks for their parents, too. Most back-to-school... -
How To Get Started With A Mindfulness Practice
I’ve often heard mindfulness described as paying attention to the present moment on purpose with non-judgment. More broadly, it can be defined as, “the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.” But what does paying attention to the present moment entail, and what exactly does the quality of being conscious feel like? Let’s get started. Back to Basics: What is Mindfulness?...