Fishful Thinking Thursday - Never in a million years...

Never in a million years would I have thought to create a floral arrangement using Goldfish crackers and orange roses...
How cool is that? I totally want one on my kitchen table. So cute! Lolli took this shot at the Fishful Thinking luncheon and parenting workshop this past Tuesday up in NYC. (Read more about Lolli's "Fishful" day in NYC and chatting it up with Dr. Reivich!)

Never in a million years would I have thought when I first started posting Fishful Thinking Thursdays that in less than six months time, I would become a FT faculty member and be presenting "The Gift of Time" activity (via speaker phone) with Dr. Reivich, Pepperidge Farm, Mr. Youth, and Family Circle (to name a few) on the receiving end.

Not too mention having pics of my cute kiddos displayed on a FT powerpoint slide during the press conference for all to see -


Never in a million years would I have anticipated how much I would truly LOVE and learn from Fishful Thinking, and how impressed I would be with Pepperidge Farm for taking the initiative to team up with Dr. Reivich to create these simple, everyday, optimism-instilling strategies around things we already do with our kids.

It's all about taking advantage of those teachable moments.

*Just in case you missed it, here are a few tweets that were posted during Dr. Reivich's FT workshop/webcast - #fishfulthinking.

cecilyr: Optimism CAN be taught.

writingthewaves "Inspire an Attitude of Gratitude"

createabalance "Process Praising" helps our children - Specifically praising your child's behavior, not praising a child for a trait.

musingsfromme Resilience can be built by a child having a trusting relationship w/parent.

writingthewaves RT @cecilyr: "Joy and meaning in parenting comes from the little things."

*For a double dose of FT Thursday, come back tomorrow for Photo Story Friday! I'm cohosting with Cecily this week - the gal who introduced me to Fishful Thinking in the first place!

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