Teaching Emotional Agility to Teens
For some people, the term “agility,” brings up images of border collies jumping through hoops, but for psychologists, the word conjures up a host of skills and abilities that can …
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The Birds, The Bees, and The “Mom Please!”: How To Talk To Your Kids About Sex and Relationships
As adults, we are often told to avoid the topics of religion and politics at dinner parties. But, when it comes to talking to our kids, most of us avoid …
Happiness Is Contagious: The Importance of Parental Modeling
Have you ever looked at your child as she was slamming her bedroom door, and felt a tinge of familiarity? Not familiarity in the sense that you are family, but …
Tips On How To Handle The Loss Of A Loved One
Losing a loved one is unlike any other experience we have as human beings. The acute sense of loss follows us for weeks, months, even years, and can disrupt our …
Automatic Negative Thoughts: What They Are And How To Change Them
According to the Laboratory of Neuro-Imaging at the University of Southern California, the average person has about 70,000 thoughts per day, or about 48.6 thoughts per minute. That’s a lot of …
People Are People: Busting The Top 5 Myths About Transgender Folks
This week, Disney released their first revision of a movie containing an openly gay character. For some, this decision sparked outrage, while for many in the LGBT community, it was …
Mind Over Mood: How We Help Children With Anxiety and Depression
According to The National Institute Of Mental Health, 13.1% of children ages 8-15 have a diagnosable mental illness. Although, the majority of children studied, (8.6%), were diagnosed with Attention Deficit …
Reducing Freshman Fears: How To Emotionally Prepare Your Teen For College
According to the Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory, a rating scale that assigns a numerical category to different life events, change, of any kind, can be extremely stressful. Even if the change …
Empathy: Nature’s Gift To Parenting
We all want our children to grow up to be the best version of themselves. We encourage them to do well in school, and to excel at extra-curricular activities. We …
The Truth About The Mom Blues and Teens
Most people have heard the term postpartum depression and anxiety, which describes the temporary, but awful feelings of dread and despair that descend upon some women after giving birth. However, …