Dealing with Loss and Grief During the Holiday Season
Dealing with grief and loss is difficult no matter what day it is, but the holidays are one of the more difficult times of year to navigate after a loss.
Helping Your Child Develop Healthy Routines: The Importance of Structure and Consistency
Routines help children and adolescents feel secure, develop healthy habits, and build the emotional resilience they need to navigate life’s challenges.
Do You Like to Learn?
"You are the same as you will be five years from now, except for two things: the books you read, and the people you meet.” ---In my notes from years ago, I thought that I’d written that down as a Chin
Self-Reflection: An integral part of Growth
Examining what you have learned from your past experiences and asking yourself what you could have done differently allows you to make better decisions in the future.
Feeling Lost in Our Roles: Understanding and Moving Forward
In life, we all play many roles—friend, partner, parent, teacher, student, and so much more. Sometimes, the demands of these roles can feel overwhelming, leaving us feeling stuck, uncertain, or even l
Cycle of Violence
Abusive relationships can follow a pattern called the “cycle of violence”, it happens, and it repeats itself. It makes you feel trapped because the pattern occurs over and over again, and the honeymoon and calm phase justify sometimes for the tension and violence phase.
Grief and the Latino/a/x Community
In Spanish grief is translated to pesadumbre, which is routed in the word pesado meaning heavy or weighty. This word reflects the burden of carrying your grief with you and living your life for those who have gone before you.
Guiding Teens Through Peer Pressure and Building Healthy Friendships
Adolescence is a time of transformation, where friendships and peer relationships take center stage in a teen's life.
Self-Compassion
We have all had at least one no good, very bad day. The kind of day where you sleep through your alarm, you spill your coffee (usually on yourself), you can’t find your keys when you are already late,
Showing Yourself Compassion
Compassion is something that many people practice for others, but are unfamiliar with practicing for themselves. Self-compassion can be difficult to evoke for many people as they have had to be self-reliant and independent. It can be hard to trust a softer emotion. We are our own worst critics, often disparaging ourselves as we know all the things we do wrong.
Visiting Family; Preemptive Self-care
Oftentimes, society can influence us to think that we need to enjoy every moment with our families and feel excited to go visit them. This simply is not always the case. We need to know that it is okay if you do not feel that way.
Fostering a Love for Learning: Parenting Tips for Encouraging Cognitive Growth in Early Childhood
Cognitive growth in young children involves not only the acquisition of knowledge but also the development of curiosity, creativity, and a love for learning.