The Tools to Build Good Lives Archives - Pear Tree Family Therapy, Winnipeg

Tool #15: The Kindergarten of Curiosity

by Lindsey Jay Walsh | Nov 28, 2025 | The Tools to Build Good Lives, Uncategorised

When my son started kindergarten, he was electric with excitement. He spotted a friend from daycare the moment he walked in, and the two of them lit each other up like only five-year-olds can. For his mom and me, it was a beautiful moment. We loved the idea of James...

Tool #13 Grocery Store Divider of Discernment.

by Lindsey Jay Walsh | Nov 27, 2025 | Featured, The Tools to Build Good Lives, Uncategorised

Imagine the following scenario: Your neighbour is taking out the garbage. You wave at your neighbour. He doesn’t wave back. Now because you’ve had a hard day, this doesn’t sit right. And in your imagination suddenly he becomes cold, rude, standoffish, or secretly...

TOOL #14: THE CARPOOL KARAOKE OF DISRUPTION

by Lindsey Jay Walsh | Nov 26, 2025 | Creativity, Featured, Parenting, The Tools to Build Good Lives, Uncategorised

I pick James up from school and we ease into our usual after-school drift. Backpack and trumpet thump into the back seat, he gets in the passenger seat with that end-of-day heaviness, and I point the car toward the pool. I try the standard openers. “How was your...