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LIT Book Bar Brings the Heat to Downtown Richmond
Storm clouds rumble above as soft raindrops run down the wide window panes of LIT Book Bar. Â At the bustling intersection of Jackson &...

Lauren Piland
6 days ago2 min read
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Cutting Through the Noise for a Healthier Path Forward
MANDEVILLE, LA - January 12, 2025 - Is there a market more saturated in options, fads, gimmicks and misinformation than the health and...

Lauren Piland
May 43 min read
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Second Annual Healing In Bloom Fashion Show to Benefit Child Abuse Prevention Organization, Society Prosper
founder Megan Langham speaks at fashion show KATY, TX - April 10, 2025 - West Houston is coming together for an afternoon of fashion and...

Lauren Piland
May 42 min read
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Local Furniture Restyler Breathes New Life Into Heirloom Pieces
At first glance, you might find the sight of Dana Manning hard at work at her west Houston home a little…odd. Donning a gas mask and...

Lauren Piland
May 42 min read
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Blooming Resources: Everyone's Invited! an inclusive party planning prompt
Although we are all more alike than we think, learning about ways we’re different is the first step in understanding, accepting,...

Lauren Piland
May 22, 20241 min read
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Blooming Books Podcast: Season 1 Author Spotlight!
I knew (and hoped!) this podcast would bring about a useful list for parents and teachers to pull book recommendations from for their...

Lauren Piland
May 13, 20241 min read
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Blooming Resources: Our Memory Box! cherishing & creating family mementos
Teaching our kids and students about the importance of their family traditions, mementos and culture can be a powerful way to help them...

Lauren Piland
May 10, 20241 min read
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Blooming Books Podcast: Illness & Loss
Guiding our kiddos through impending grief and loss can be such a tough topic, especially when we're dealing with our own emotions as...

Lauren Piland
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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Blooming Books Podcast: Facing Challenges!
Facing struggles as parents and teachers is inevitable, yet a pivotal moment we can teach and model our own less than zen moments for our...

Lauren Piland
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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Blooming Resources: Cloudy Day! a self-regulation techniques activity
We've all had days that go from cloudy to worse! Our friend Stormy is having one of those days. In our Blooming Books Podcast episode on...

Lauren Piland
Apr 11, 20241 min read
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Blooming Books Podcast: Self-Regulation!
The building block of most Social Emotional Learning (SEL) techniques starts with self-regulation. But, what is self-regulation?! It's...

Lauren Piland
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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Blooming Resources: The Perfect Match! adaptive tools + inclusion activity
Although we are all more alike than we think, learning about ways we’re different is the first step in understanding, accepting,...

Lauren Piland
Mar 27, 20241 min read
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Blooming Books Podcast: Celebrating Inclusion!
This episode on inclusion was especially touching and inspiring to me as a mom to neuro-typical and non-disabled kiddos, because true...

Lauren Piland
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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Blooming Books Podcast: Navigating Friendships!
For our first official episode, we dove into the topic of fishy friends, a recess queen and teacher besties with elementary educators...

Lauren Piland
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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Blooming Resources: Fishy Friends card game!
With our brand new podcast now out in the world, I'll be discussing and highlighting an activity that will go along with each episode's...

Lauren Piland
Mar 13, 20241 min read
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Blooming Resources: Think Like An Author + Illustrator
Not to pick favorites, but this might just be my favorite activity in the bundle that goes along with our book, Blooming Blasts Off! Not...

Lauren Piland
Feb 28, 20241 min read
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Blooming Resources: Howl at the Moon BINGO!
The stars at night, are big and bright - in our little slice of Texas! And living outside of Space City (Houston), you can't help but...

Lauren Piland
Feb 21, 20241 min read
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Blooming Resources: SEL Mantras Series on Friendships!
If you've been following along on social media for a bit now, you've probably noticed our weekly mantra series - where I post one monthly...

Lauren Piland
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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Blooming Resources: Mama's Guide to Hard Conversations
When I left the classroom in 2017, I felt depleted, I felt guilty, I felt like I was turning a blind eye to a huge problem in the public...

Lauren Piland
Feb 9, 20242 min read
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Blooming Resources: Sneaky Silent Letters! Word Mechanics & Phonics Activity
I remember when I was teaching second grade, there were so many lessons and facets of Balanced Literacy, aka teaching reading and...

Lauren Piland
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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