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The Parent Pod: 10 Essentials to Intimacy with Tracy Lamperti

12/2/2020

The Parent Pod is a weekly virtual show brought to you by Cape Cod Moms and featuring local family friendly businesses, highlighting local parents, discussing important topics, spreading some kindness and more! Be sure to submit questions, submit a friend to win a prize & join us LIVE for other prizes!

This week on Thursday December 3rd we will be joined by guest, Tracy Lamperti and we will be discussing 10 Essentials for Intimacy!

Children thrive when their parents thrive! Whether your thriving or surviving, giving special care to these 10 essentials will benefit you! Moms, bring your guy or partner to this one!

So tune in LIVE on our Facebook Page or our YouTube Page at 8pm!

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The Parent Pod Featuring Tracy Lamperti to Discuss Schools, Learning and How We Can Help

10/14/2020

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Join us weekly on Thursday nights for "The Parent Pod"! This weekly live virtual show on Facebook and now YouTube explores local family friendly businesses, highlights local parents, discusses important topics, spreads some kindness and more! Replay below!

This week we will be joined by local mom, Tracy Lamperti, Licensed Psychotherapist. We will be discussing what is going on regarding school at home and what we can do to help make it better. We will discuss ways to hold a family meeting to discuss this important topic. Bring your notepad because these tips will be vital! Plus she will take your questions!

So pencil in on your calendar that this week at 8pm-this hour is for you!

We will also be doing some fun giveaways including our kindness bag! If you want to nominate someone for a giveaway or share a funny story see our links below: Quotes/ Stories Parenting Stories or Random Acts of Kindness

This week we will again be giving away a gift card to Ghelfi's Chocolates with stores in both Mashpee and Falmouth.

Submit your questions for Tracy during the live show or via this form be entered to win.

As we move forward Cape Cod Moms will continue to help connect our families and caregivers to amazing resources and locals in our community. Each week we go LIVE on Facebook and YouTube with replays available on our website and Instagram) with a special guest.

If you want to nominate someone for a giveaway or share a funny story see our links below:
Quotes/ Stories Parenting Stories
(we keep it anonymous)
Random Acts of Kindness
Submit your questions for a guests here

If YOU or your business is interested in being featured or you want to join our team please email us at info@capecodmoms.com

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The Parent Pod Featuring Tracy Lamperti, Licensed Psychotherapist to Discuss Families & Challenges

8/19/2020

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Join us weekly on Thursday nights for "The Parent Pod"! This weekly live virtual show on Facebook and now YouTube explores local family friendly businesses, highlights local parents, discusses important topics, spreads some kindness and more! Episode has been uploaded below.

This week we will be joined by local mom, Tracy Lamperti, Licensed Psychotherapist. We will be discussing #2020YearoftheFamily; connecting with each other in a meaningful way; current challenges facing our parents and children; and more! Plus she will take your questions!

So pencil in on your calendar that this week at 8pm-this hour is for you!
Join us at 8pm with your bevi of choice like The Family Affair courtesy of our friend Lauren from @lemonsour_co & @rockhaborgrill with or without spirits-no judgement here and come connect and have fun with us!

As we move forward Cape Cod Moms will continue to help connect our families and caregivers to amazing resources and locals in our community. Each week we will go LIVE on Facebook (soon to YouTube but replays available on website and YT and Instagram) with a special guest. We will also be sharing giveaways and a bevi of the week brought to you by local businesses and bartenders.

If you want to nominate someone for a giveaway or share a funny story see our links below:
Quotes/ Stories Parenting Stories
(we keep it anonymous)
Random Acts of Kindness
Submit your questions for a guests here

If YOU or your business is interested in being featured or you want to join our team please email us at info@capecodmoms.com

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Helping Children Manage Stress

8/17/2017

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Please Join one of Cape Cod Moms amazing
Advisers Tracy Lamperti for her upcoming workshop:
Helping Children Manage Stress

Tracy Lamperti has been counseling children and families for more than 25 years. Just in time for back to school, join Tracy as she shares information and strategies about what works when it comes to helping children self-regulate their emotions and behavior.

It is recommended that you bring your child to this training so that you can learn the strategies together and be prepared for the first moment they are needed as the 2017/2018 school year gets underway.

Strategies will be grouped in three categories; sound, scent and touch.

You can choose either of the workshop days so that it fits your schedule!

REGISTER BELOW

Date: Monday, August 21 at 7 PM - 8:30 PM & Friday, August 25 at 10 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Lamperti Counseling & Consultation
26 Wampum Dr, Brewster, Massachusetts 02631

Register for 8/21 Workshop
Register for 8/25 Workshop

Cost: $20 per adult. There will be no charge for children.

*Disclosure - Tracy Lamperti is a member of Young Living. NO purchase is required and a sales talk will NOT be part of this class. As such, if you are a member of another essential oil company, please come free of any concerns of conflict.

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Cape Cod Moms Invited to Fun Time at the Scoop

3/1/2016

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Sunday, March 13, 2016
2-4pm
The Local Scoop 34 Cranberry Highway (RT 6A), Orleans, Massachusetts 02653
Register or Share Event

Join other local Cape Cod Moms! Karaoke, essential oil infused ice cream, Essential Oils 101, EO sampling, take home an essential oil lip balm and if you time it right, help make the lip balm also!
Plus The Local Scoop has some AMAZING delights to try!

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Bringing Essential Oils into the Lives of Our Children Activity Workshop

2/19/2016

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Join Adviser Tracy Lamperti and fellow Cape Cod Mom, Alex Roberts, owner of Dot to Dot Art Workshop on

Bringing Essential Oils into the Lives of Our Children
Friday, March 4, 2016
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Dot to Dot Art Workshop
2 Harold St, Unit E, Harwich Port, Massachusetts 02646
(508) 432-0586
alex@dottodotart.com
Cost: $5 (to cover kit cost)
Register Here

Basic information will be provided about Young Living's top 10 oils provided through the Premium Starter Kit, followed by making and taking a rollerball recipe to use with your child.

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The Back & Forth Book

1/11/2016

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The Back & Forth Book
by Tracy Lamperti, LMHC, BCETS

In the blink of an eye our children seem to go from little ones to NOT so little ones anymore. Sometimes parents realize that their child has arrived at the next developmental level, but the parent feels like something slipped away and the connection to their child has been broken.

Parents can use The Back & Forth Book with a child of any age that has begun communicating in written words. I have seen it be successful with first graders through high school.

The Back & Forth Book is used for communicating feelings and ideas. Generally speaking, it is not used for logistical issues, such as leaving notes like, “Please clean your room when you finish your homework.” or, “We need to discuss your grades.” It’s not that these topics may not come up in some way, but the purpose is not for you to use the book to assert your “parent” role or your child to assume their “child” role.
This is how The Back & Forth Book works;

The book belongs to the child you gave it to.
The child goes first.
The child uses the book to communicate something that is on their mind and the child decides who that thought will be communicated to. If they would like to share the thought with mom, they place the book in “mom’s spot,” which may be beside her side of the bed or somewhere else that it would be obvious that it was left for mom. Maybe they would like to communicate something to a brother or sister. In that case, it would be left in an obvious place for the brother or sister.
The receiver then replies, in writing ONLY, and leaves the book back in an obvious spot for the book owner.
The matter might then be closed or their might be some more “back & forth” written communication.

Rules;

There is to be no shaming or blaming in The Back and Forth Book. One’s own feelings are thoughts are to be communicated and done so through I statements. If a child makes a mistake here, a parent can gently correct the child and assist them in understanding how they could have phrased it differently.
Parents are not to play referee when the communication is going between siblings. If parental intervention is necessary, every effort should be made to do so in an educational manner, rather than having to become punitive.
Parents are to remember that their role is to open, open, open doors of communication and expression. Too often, we shut down our children from communicating, for various reasons. Parents need to remember that they are the parent and the adult, and also the mentor and advisor. The Back & Forth Book should serve to take some of the authoritarianism feelings away, but never to have the parent assume the role of peer.
Regardless of how tempted you might be to take the book in hand and go have a talk with your child about something they have written, unless there is some very compelling reason to do so, the parent should always attempt to reply first in writing. i.e. Let’s say your child has been feeling guilty about breaking your favorite this or that, or they have taken money out of your wallet. They confess it in The Back & Forth Book. The parent is still to reply first in writing on the feeling level. It may be that at the end, the parent says, “I would like to talk to you about this in person later today.” But by communicating back and forth about this issue, you may get many more feelings expressed and resolutions made.
A topic that comes up in the communication book may go back and forth for a week, or two weeks. That’s ok. This is a process, not a task.

Benefits;

In this world of texting, where not only are sentences incomplete but words are missing letters, we can all use a bit of real handwriting.
Opens doors for discussions about things that may never be discussed.
Once words are written, they are owned. There is no saying, “I never said that!” A child who says in anger, “I don’t have any friends.” or “We never do anything fun as a family!” can be gently brought back to those words and shown that sometimes when we are feeling a big emotion, we say things and even think things that aren’t quite true.
Family members who may be less engaged, may become more engaged. I have often seen mothers (and fathers) who either say, or suggest to their child, “Let’s not get Daddy involved in this.” However, with The Back & Forth Book, the child may on their own, bring the topic right to Daddy. Dad’s often want to be more involved and may feel proud to be the one that The Back & Forth Book is left for.
The art of self-expression is always developing.
Children who feel heard are successful in many areas of life.

I hope you will give this a try and post the benefits you are seeing at Cape Cod Mommies!

~Tracy Lamperti

As always, if I can be of any service to you and your family, please go to www.tracylamperti.com , or click the Book Appointment button above.

Tracy Lamperti, LMHC, BCETS
Psychotherapist, Educator, Consultant

My Blog
My Website
lamperticc@gmail.com
774-722-5919

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Bedtime Foot Rubs on Cape Cod #WordlessWednesday

10/28/2015

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Bedtime Foot Rubs
#wordlesswednesday
Essential Oils Cape Cod
#natural #diy #recipe
(find their group on Facebook!)

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21 Day Peppermint Challenge!

9/23/2015

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Join the 21 Day Peppermint Challenge Facebook Group for all the rules and more details!
You could win some peppermint and jade lemon essential oils just by having some fun and exercising!

‪#‎peppermintchallenge‬

The official start date is September 28th, but the host would like to get the peppermint mailed out to you as soon as you join. You will need a pedometer, Fitbit or something comparable to participate. So venture on over to their Facebook page and check out all the information!

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Successful Children Series - Summary and Moving On

9/14/2015

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Successful Children 4 of 4
Signs of Success in Young Children
By Tracy Lamperti, LMHC, BCETS
Lamperti Counseling & Consultation

The first post in this series focused on catering to the every need of our infant and baby.

The second post in this series focused on the Parental Shift as we begin to show and to teach your little ones that they can capture the thunder by having the feeling of accomplishing something on their own.

The third post in this series focused on instilling awesome habits.

Welcome to the fourth post, summary and moving on.

Vision and Health - It all starts with vision and a healthy you. If you are newly pregnant or working on conception, write down your hopes and dreams for this new life. It will be good to refer to through the good and tough times. Take care of YOU!
Limitless Love - With our infants, give them limitless love and affection to enhance physical, emotional and brain growth.
PLAY! PLAY! PLAY!
The Thunder - Step aside and take pride through observation when your child is about to reach a new milestone. Don’t steal their thunder! This is the beginning of a child feeling pride and joy in their OWN power to make a new connection and reach a new level. This is intrinsic satisfaction, when a child feels good inside from what they have accomplished.
Easy Does it on the Praise - Avoid showering with praise. Shower with happiness and love instead of praise. Praise, like marbles in a jar serve a purpose at times but generally works poorly to bring about a lasting change, partly because the adults often lack consistency and partly because these methods bring temporary extrinsic satisfaction and children need more and more to feel satisfied. When a child makes their bed or brushes their teeth, the prize is that everyone feels happy and there is time and energy to spend on positive things. If they don’t do what was expected of them, the energy is wasted on negativity.
Enough Static Already! - Avoid wiring them up with anxiety by overexposure to anything with a screen or plug and emotional conflict.
Routines and Boundaries - Routines and boundaries lead to feelings of safety, not anxiety. They organize life and instill confidence.
Family - Be a FAMILY. Help children learn what it means to be part of something bigger and who they can turn to when they want to rejoice over accomplishments and get support over failure.
PLAY! PLAY! PLAY!
Presentation - Present well and look your best. This leads to confidence and success. Adults (and younger people) most commonly decline an invite because the invite is to go somewhere and do something that is out of their comfort zone. You may not be Catholic, but if your child has never known the experience of cleaning up and entering the church. You may not be the dress up and go to a fancy restaurant type of family but some day your child is going to go to a prom, or be asked to be in a wedding party. We want them to have the confidence to ask questions of a trusted friend or relative and accept the invite. The alternative may be being more comfortable hanging out in the basement of a friend’s house playing video games.
Success through Failure - Embrace failure, don’t let it crush you. Most truly successful people have “lost it all” more than once.
Tolerate Bad Feelings - Learn to tolerate bad feelings. When we learn skills to work though tough things, we can be solvers. When we try to cover them up, we can become addicts.
Surrounded by Success - Know that part of being successful is wanting others to be successful with you. We don’t crush others to be at the top.
Dole it Out Carefully - Parents need to dole out a little bit of freedom at a time. They are in your care until age 17 or 18. During that time they accumulate skills little by little. They get to be in charge of a little bit at a time but they are still accountable to you. Knowing that one is always accountable to someone is crucial. As children, we are accountable to our parents. As adolescents we are accountable to our parents and the community. As adults, we are accountable to society and the law. The more excuses we make for our children, the farther down we spiral away from civility, because we are raising a generation of “me” thinkers.
Faith - Our children need faith. Teach them what you believe about morals, integrity, religion, life and death. As in the story of the untended strawberry, you have to guide your children’s heart.

This story was told by my pastor many years ago. I don’t know where it originated or if I am going to get it exactly right, but here goes.

A man came to visit another man with a strawberry patch. The man with the strawberry patch said to the other man, “Would you like to see my strawberry patch?” They went through the gate and the visitor said, “This doesn’t look like a strawberry patch.” And the other man, who hadn’t tended to his patch at all said, “I’m waiting for them to grow up and see if they would like to be strawberries.”

If you want beautiful strawberries, you have to tend to the patch.

What an amazing future lies ahead for your child!

Tracy Lamperti, LMHC, BCETS
Lamperti Counseling & Consultation

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