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Tolerance: How Developing the Skill of Tolerance Can Build Strength in Your Child and Your Family
Tolerance: its dictionary definition sports words like ability, willingness, capacity, and endurance. All words that affirm strength. But what is this strength asked to do in the act of tolerating? This skill is put into action to tolerate where we...

Attending to Our Children’s Emotions: From Toddler to Teen
Often in my conversations about the behavioral concerns of their children, I find myself repeating the same instructions to different parents: “Attend to the emotion!! There's time and space to work on the behaviors, but let’s start with the emotions...

Just Breathe
Attention has the compounding capacity to make things flourish, even the things we do not wish to grow. Weeds come to mind. A little extra water and sunlight and they sprout alongside our cultivated flowers and vegetables. This is an important reminder to...

8 Ways to Improve Your Self-Esteem
People often talk about the importance of having a positive self-esteem. But what is self-esteem? Well, self-esteem is a person's overall sense of his or her value. Essentially, one's attitude of oneself. This attitude can be influenced by a number of...

The Power of the Mind: How to Change Negative Thinking Habits
Have you ever visited the carnival and walked by the funhouse mirror and watched as your reflection becomes a taller, thinner, shorter, or wider, version of yourself? These mirrors use variations in light to distort the image that is reflected. When we are...

Change Your Feelings by First Changing Your Thoughts
One of the most common theoretical approaches used when counseling children and families is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT. At its core, CBT seeks to understand the connection between our thoughts, our feelings, and our actions--or, in other words,...

Set SMART Goals this New Year
New Year’s Day is often a time for setting New Year’s Resolutions for many people. But for many, this often does not translate into formalized goals or achievements. Therefore, we often find ourselves setting the same goals year after year. But, the...

6 Strategies to Help You Teach Your Child About Consent
Recent national events have put such concepts as consent and personal safety to the forefront of many parents’ minds. It can be difficult to know how to address concerns of a sexual nature with children in a way that is age-appropriate, honest, and non-threatening....

Dear Teen: 6 Common Reasons Why You Are Afraid to Ask for Help But Shouldn’t
So, you haven’t been feeling like yourself for a few days, maybe even a few weeks or months. You have lost interest in things that you normally enjoy, you are struggling to focus in school and turn in assignments, and you feel overwhelmed by even small...

Dos and Don’ts of Healthy Internet Use for Young Adults
Teens must often navigate the challenges that accompany our rapidly evolving technologies. To learn more about the dos and don'ts encourage reflection on healthy internet habits, read more here.