Mini Mermaid Running Club

Here’s to a new year, new adventures and new memories! Happy New Year to everyone!

Gina Bianchi wears the following hats every day - sometimes all at once: Mom Business Owner Chiropractor... Teacher Principal Custodian Lunch Lady Counselor and Coach Sound familiar? She isn't so different than many of us. Gina, like you, is learning each day anew how to balance work, family, and a pandemic. Having coached Mini Mermaids for a few years at her daughter's school in San Jose, California - as the pandemic kept on through the start of school, Gina knew she needed to bring in something to help her daughters navigate the trying times ahead. She decided to purchase the Mini Mermaid curriculum for her and her two daughters, while it's taken a little bit of adapting to make it work with life, she thinks it's worth it. We asked her how it’s going - "My high of doing MMRC at home:I love that we can do the format anywhere. We have practiced in different parks and run along the coast! I love that there is no start and end time. We can be fluid with the journaling, talk about the stories and ourselves while on a walk. Now more than ever I hear my daughters respond and journal with emotions I didn’t even realize they were having.Low:Like everything right now, scheduling can be challenging. I wish I could say, we practice Mondays and Thursdays...but honestly, most days we don’t know what day it is. I’m grateful that the program is portable and sometimes I just carry the curriculum in my car, and if we need to run it out, I have the practice with me!What the heck:When I started coaching four years ago I really loved the program. I thought it was cute to introduce running in a positive way to my second grader and her friends at school. Now I am blown away by the groundwork it created for us to have bigger conversations, talk about our feelings and keep our true self in the forefront. This programming is priceless and I know my relationship with my daughters is better because of it." To purchase curriculum for your family click the link in our bio. And. It’s all 50% off right now!

As school ends for the summer we are thinking of all our #minimermaid teacher coaches who didn’t get to finish their seasons - lots of things didn’t happen the way we imagined but we all keep channeling our in Mini Mermaid strength to put one foot in front of the other and keep our eyes out for the finish line. Sending you and yours big love today!

Get your Minion Zumba on and move your BODY!! Check it out at https://youtu.be/ymigWt5TOV8

To Mothers everywhere of every kind - you are raising, teaching, mentoring, and loving our children into a hopeful future. We salute you all!!!! #mermaidmom

Much like a snow globe or glitter globe, our feelings get ALL shaken up moment by moment. Just yesterday I watched myself move from joyful to mad to overwhelmed to confused to happy all under ten minutes! This visual representation - a glitter jar, can help everyone in your home have a tool to let their feelings settle so they can do the next best thing. When our "glitter" is all stirred up - it's hard to think straight, it's hard to make logical, thoughtful choices fo...r our actions and responses. Shaking up the glitter jar and watching it settle before we talk or react can help EVERYONE! It can be challenging for all of us to transition from one role to the next within just a few moments, learning to take a moment, to honor the gap between one task to the next one helps us have respect for our feelings and this helps us have a larger capacity to respect others and their feelings. You can make your own Glitter Jar: Supplies: A tube of glitter glue and a pack of glitter. You’ll need to find a small old water bottle or jar with a lid and glue to secure the lid, super glue or hot glue. To make your glitter jar: Step 1: Clean & remove any labels from the bottle. Step 2: Fill the bottle with lukewarm water (helps the glue to mix better). Step 3: Squeeze glue into the bottle. Step 4: Dump in glitter and shake. It will take a little time for the glue to completely mix into the water. Step 5. Tighten the cap and seal with glue. #minimermaids #socialemotionallearning

Finish lines look a lot different now. They are still the beginning of something new - they are still the representation of doing hard things and feeling the release of achieving your goals. Way to go #minimermaid Mariah for finishing your 5k with your family by your side! We are proud of you! Send us your Mini Mermaid and @young_tritons photos and we will post! We want to celebrate every kind of finish line. #thefinishlineisjustthebeginning