Supporting Your Teen Through the Quarantine
As we have learned to navigate our current reality as adults, we also have the opportunity to walk our teenagers through this quarantine...
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Can Kids Learn Mindfulness? 6 tips on how to do just that!
If you would like to help your child achieve mindfulness, take a look at the suggestions below to get started. Morning Mindfulness...
How Internal Dialogue Influences Your Daily Life
Why would that be important, you ask? It’s important because, your thought process highly influences your moods and your behaviors....
How To: Use DBT Skill: DEAR MAN to Communicate Effectively
DBT Skill: DEAR MAN teaches how to communicate effectively. These skills may be used to communicate wants/needs, as well as set...
8 Strategies to Show Yourself Some Love: Learning the Art of Self-Care as a Teenager
Sometimes, however, life causes us to have larger holes than normal. Maybe the holes in our bucket come from more significant stress or...
“Into the Unknown”: Welcoming the Interruptions
If you are like me, you cried watching Frozen and were unnecessarily excited to hear that Frozen II was available for streaming NOW!...
5 Easy Ways to Start to Find “Normal”
So let’s implement some structure! Easy right? (Um…wrong!) Each time I’ve tried to step back and figure out how to incorporate structure...
A Letter to My Clients That Are Mothers
Safe Sanctuary Your stories have filled the therapy room with tears, anxiety, and anger as you bravely enter into vulnerability sitting...
Dear Mama: A Letter of Recognition & Encouragement
So, no one told you life would be this…wait. Let me restart. So, you became a mother? Perhaps while preparing for motherhood, you...
Vicarious Trauma
While there are signs you or a person you know may be dealing with vicarious trauma, everyone copes differently. If you notice any of...
Caring for the Mess-Maker
That’s when it hit me. My heart was moved in that mundane moment. I care about the mess-maker. I want to work with him; to care for his...
Tolerance to Pain Works Both Ways
Unfortunately, the track around this pond is one of those paths covered with small pebbles. It is inevitable that a small rock always...
The Silent Killer
Not convinced? Here are some results from research posted on the campaigns website: Loneliness likely increases your risk of death by...
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
The end of a relationship is complicated. In some way or another your future, present, and past have collided together all at once. You...
Life Balance versus Giving 100%
Life Balance Imagine you have an empty cup and that you could fill it with five different kinds of juice to make a fancy juice blend....
Learning To Say “No”
“Sure, I’ll help you with that.” “Yes, I’ll do that for you.” “No problem at all.” “No, I don’t mind.” Does this sound familiar to you? ...
Practicing Gratitude
Before we get to December 31st, it can feel like the year has been a major downer. Personally, 2017 was ridiculous. It felt like the year...
Eating Disorders are Not Just a Female Issue
The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) explains that although eating disorders impact those in all genders, socioeconomic...
Steps to Fighting Fair
Before you begin, ask yourself why you feel upset. Are you truly angry because your partner left the mustard on the counter? Or are you...
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