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Parenting isn’t just about raising kids, it’s about raising ourselves, too. From “kids are resilient” to “toughen up,” journalist and mom of three Elise Hu unpacks the cultural scripts families pass down and reframes them with reporting, expert voices, and real-life stories. Every episode of Raising Us comes with a free conversation kit to spark connection around your dinner table, on the drive to school, or before bedtime.

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Good night! Let’s feel our heartbeat as we think about all of the things that happened today throughout our big heart day.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good morning! Let’s choose to have a big heart day today.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s reflect on our acts of kindness from today, and give ourselves some love for showing up with our big hearts.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s prepare ourselves to welcome the day through unexpected acts of kindness.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s say goodnight to each of our toes as we wiggle them and yawn.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s say good morning to our nose and take in the morning with a sniff, sniff, sniff.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

 Good night! Let’s imagine a movie of what we would like to happen in our life, and allow whatever comes to mind to calm us.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s imagine the movie of our day to come so that we can manifest the day we want to experience.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s reflect back on our day and think about whether you had any go-with-the-flow moment.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s adopt a go-with-the-flow mindset to help us move through our day.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s play a rapid-fire game of “thank you thoughts” as we prepare our hearts and minds for bed.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s share thankful thoughts for ten things that come to mind as fast as you think of them.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s gather up all of our feelings and give them each love so that we can have a restful sleep.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good morning! Let’s share love for all of our feelings, even those that might be cloudy, sad, grumpy, or angry.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s pretend to paint our body in our favorite color as we calm our bodies down to sleep.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s picture our favorite color, and allow the good feeling of that favorite color to spread across all of our body.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s reflect on our day and the mistakes we’ve made, and respond with an affirmation.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

 Good morning! Let’s celebrate our mistakes with a useful affirmation and a dance to go with it.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s return to our big heart bubble to create a space to protect us and our feelings all through the night.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s make a big heart bubble to protect our hearts from anything that happens today that doesn’t feel good inside of your heart.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s notice our heart beating and thank our heart.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s notice our heart beating and remember that when we change our body, we change how we feel.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s play “Find the Facts” to paint a mental picture to calm our bodies for bed.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s do a mindfulness activity called “Find the Facts” to help bring our attention to the present.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s repeat an affirmation about the love we have for one another.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s learn an affirmation about having love for one another.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s practice three special words together our bodies settle.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s practice using Taes’s three favorite words: I love you.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s do sleepy pancake breaths to help calm our bodies and bring a smile as we prepare for sleep.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good morning! Let’s practice pancake breaths to welcome some silly as we prepare for our day.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s imagine we are blowing up a balloon and letting it go as we slow our breathing and prepare for sleep.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

 Good morning! Let’s learn a big heart pledge and practice it to remember to live everyday with your big, big heart.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s let go together of any big, cloudy feelings we may be holding onto from our day.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s learn a big heart pledge and practice it to remember to live everyday with your big, big heart.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s return to our tree and say “Goodnight. I love you.” to all of those people you consider family.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s make a tree with our bodies and share about the people who live in and outside your house.

You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s imagine that a bucket of paint is dripping down from the top of our head, causing our whole body to become floppy.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s tighten all of our body up tight, and then twirl it loose.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good night! Let’s make sleep bubbles all around us so that we can get a good night’s sleep.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good morning! Let’s show strength like a mountain and joy like the sun.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good night! Let’s play a good night game together.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good morning! Let’s take the pose of a fabulous flamingo and recite an affirmation.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight. 

Good night! Let’s pretend we are sleepy in order to trick our body into being ready for sleep.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good morning! Let’s wiggle and wake up our whole body.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good night! Let’s think about what’s in our home as well as what’s in our heart.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good morning! Let’s explore how our body responds to words.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good night! Let’s play the big and small game, making our bodies as big and as small as we can.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good morning! Let’s do a feelings-flip as we affirm our place in this space.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.

Good night! Let’s give hugs all over our body and tell each body part that we love it.

* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com. 

And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.