Drift off to sleep with this magical Cookie River Sleep Story—a calming bedtime adventure that gently guides kids through mindful breathing, positive affirmations, and a relaxing forest journey. Designed to help children fall asleep faster and sleep through the night, this story weaves in soothing mindfulness tools without kids even noticing.

Get your FREE Calming Bedtime Toolkit with a Cookie River affirmation poster, coloring page, and breath map at https://substack.com/@bestdayyetkids

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A Sneak Peek of The Foster Cat-Astrophe (Chapter 1!)

Today’s episode is a little different—and a lot of fun!

Marjorie is sharing the first chapter of her brand-new, laugh-out-loud book The Foster Cat-Astrophe. It’s a magical, funny, heartwarming adventure full of sibling chaos, mysterious powers, and (of course) a very mischievous kitten.

If you love pets, magic, and stories that make the whole family giggle, hit play!

Want to hear the rest? Find The Foster Cat-Astrophe at

Audible

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Foster-Cat-Astrophe-Audiobook/B0DYKR3BKN

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Foster-Cat-Astrophe-Funny-Magic-Mischief/dp/B0DWM4G6NV

Barnes & Noble

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-foster-cat-astrophe-marjorie-a-stordeur/1147178800

or wherever you get your books. 🐾

Here's a bonus episode of Best Day Yet plus exciting news about my new book, The Foster Cat-Astrophe.

Check out my hilarious and heartfelt book at https://www.amazon.com/Foster-Cat-Astrophe-Funny-Magic-Mischief-ebook/dp/B0DWM13GDX

Or on Audible at https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Foster-Cat-Astrophe-Audiobook/B0DYKR3BKN

Today's show is a fun way to practice "the physiological sigh" is a specific breathing pattern that involves two quick inhalations followed by a long, slow exhalation.

We practice this powerful breath technique by visualizing climbing up a waterfall and sliding down.

Hope you love this practice and don't forget to check out the book!

We originally recorded this song in March of 2020. Now, nearly two years later, we still think it's important to wash our hands thoroughly and mindfully, so we're re-releasing this song as a tool for health and kindness inside and out. Whether you're learning it for the first time, or listening again, we hope you enjoy this song.

What if instead of singing Happy Birthday each time we wash our hands, we sing a song that wishes ourselves and our world safety, health, peace, and kindness.

We recorded a 20 second hand washing song to sing every time we wash our hands. This song was inspired by the ancient practice of loving kindness or metta meditation. There’s a lot of modern research that says loving kindness is a powerful tool that increases the well-being of both kids and adults.

Special thanks to Kurt Gunn for the vocals and guitar. Check out Kurt Gunn at http://www.kurtgunn.com/

And thank you to the children of Aldo Leopold Community School for the chorus.

Enjoy and please share!

Today's Affirmations:

May I be safe

May I be healthy

May I be peaceful

May I be kind

May all be safe

May all be healthy

May all peaceful

May all be kind

Best Day Yet is an AFFIRMATION podcast for KIDS!

Mindfulness tools + Positive Thinking Adventures for a Calm & Confident School Day

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🧘🏽‍♀️ Mindful breathing

🐆 Animal adventures

💗 Positive Affirmations

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We're about to release Season 3 of Best Day Yet, but as we prepare, we thought we'd share an episode from Season 1 all about making new friends.

To make it even more fun, we get to trade our legs in for tail fins and swim with an animal friend (Surprise—it's a dolphin!) who teaches us all about friendliness and how to be a good friend.

Today's affirmations:

• I am warm and bright
• I am compassionate
• I am a wonderful friend
• I am a magnet for friendship
• I treat everyone with kindness and respect
• Other kids really need a friend like me 
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*Growth Mindset for kids

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Together families practice...

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🐆 Animal adventures

💗 Positive Affirmations

in a way that is FUN and EMPOWERING for kids and adults alike!

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Today's episode is a wish you well car ride episode. (But you can listen to it at home too. ;)

We're going to practice wishing other people, animals, trees and even your car well.

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Today we're going on a listening walk!

We're going to head into the forest and listen for birds. And we're going to practice affirmations about diversity and accepting others for exactly who they are.

Today's Affirmations:

• People are different and that's okay
• I look for the good in everyone
• I love myself for who I am, and I let others be who they are
• It's fun to have friends who look different than me
• When I see someone who looks different than me, I wish them well

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*Growth Mindset for kids

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