Grab a friend and join Lorree’s next small group workshop: Busy Mom, Busy Wife, Busy Life: Strategies to Reduce the Overwhelm and Improve Well-being.

Prioritize self-care during a relaxed and welcoming opportunity for moms to focus on their well-being using practical Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) strategies. We’ll explore simple tools and techniques to help manage stress, anxiety, and negative thoughts, while supporting each other through the challenges of motherhood. We will connect with values, explore struggles and strategies to help you find balance – with a community of moms who get it. 

Dr. Michele Mannering is a licensed psychologist and Nationally Certified School Psychologist. In addition to working in private practice settings, Dr. Mannering has worked as a school psychologist in therapeutic schools for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities in Boston and Miami. She has also served as an adjunct professor at Florida International University in both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Dr. Mannering often speaks at schools and through organized groups on topics pertinent to child health and development. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, National Association of School Psychologists, and the Independent Educational Consultants Association. For the past nine years, Dr. Mannering has run her independent clinical practice, Myers Park Pediatric Psychology.

We’re excited to hear from Dr. Mannering and hear her latest insights and strategies for helping our kids manage their academic anxiety. We hope you’ll join us for a fun and informative morning with Dr. Mannering and other Charlotte moms!

WHAT IS THIS?

It’s a creative session curated just for you and your girl! Join us for a splatter painting session where you are free to throw, drip, drizzle, pour, smear, and brush paint on a canvas to create a one of a kind work of art.

You’ll get a high quality 30in x 40in canvas, all the paint you will need, materials for throwing, and protective gear if you want to keep your clothes clean. Plus, Splatter Charlotte can use your personal phone to take videos and pictures of your work while you paint so that you have fun footage to remember the experience.

WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?

You should wear clothes that you don’t mind getting paint on. Acrylic paint won’t come out of fabric, and there is a high likelihood that you will get some splatter on your clothes. Fortunately, that makes your clothes way cooler. Makes you look like the artist that you really are.

Paint will wash right off your skin and hair, so no need to worry about becoming permanently turquoise.

Protective gear is available in the studio and includes gloves, shoe covers, and coveralls (coveralls are $20 extra/person).

IS THEIR AN AGE MINIMUM FOR MY GIRL?

Children must be at least 10 years old.

HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN I PAINT WITH?

This session includes one canvas and paint for two people. If you want to add another daughter, it will be an additional $25 per additional girl. To add an additional canvas is $50.

IS THIS INDOORS OR OUTDOORS?

All sessions are held 100% indoors.

WHAT DO I DO WITH THE PAINTING WHEN I AM DONE WITH IT? WON’T IT GET PAINT IN MY CAR?

Splatter Charlotte will hold on to your paintings and let them dry, then they will deliver them to your home address. You never have to get paint in your car!

They will deliver for free to any address located inside the 485 belt loop. Addresses that are outside of 485, but within 30 minutes of our studio will require an additional fee of $40 for delivery, which you can pay in the studio. Addresses that are more than 30 minutes from the studio will require pick up.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE MY PAINTING TO DRY?

Most paintings dry within 2-3 days. Splatter Charlotte will deliver your paintings to you when it is fully dry, so you never have to put wet paint in the back of your car! For additional details on delivery, see the section above.

We’re thrilled to partner with Michelle Icard to get her expertise on a topic important to moms of kids of all ages: Navigating Your Child’s Friendships: When to Step In, When to Step Out, What to Say.

Michelle is a speaker, author, and educator who helps kids, parents, and teachers navigate the complicated social world of early adolescence. Her latest book, Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen guides readers through the fourteen essential conversations parents need to have with their kids before they start high school. Her first book, Middle School Makeover: Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years, is a primer for the social and emotional changes parents and kids navigate when mid-life meets middle school under one roof.

She is a member of the TODAY Show parenting team and NBC News Learn. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, CNN, Time, and People Magazine. Her middle school leadership programs, Athena’s Path & Hero’s Pursuit, have been implemented at schools across the country and she speaks around the globe at schools and parenting events.

We hope you’ll join us for a fun and informative morning with Michelle and other Charlotte moms!