Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) April/May 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 77

– DR. SHEFALI TSABARY By creating a morning ritual for yourself and your children, it will fulfill all of these needs and in turn make mornings run much more smoothly. Our family follows an acronym we created for our book, The Miracle Morning for Parents and Families called C.H.A.R.M.S. It stands for creativity, health, affirmations, reading, meditation, and service. Having a framework to follow creates a sense of certainty. It also cuts down on the decisions we have to make which saves us valuable time in the morning. It allows for consistency and when children understand what is expected of them, they develop a sense of security. Creativity is all about children expressing their uniqueness and fulfills the needs of variety and significance. A child may love to draw and do it daily, yet each day their drawing is new. They m