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06/14/2016

A helpful resource for talking with your kids about the events of this weekend. Big takeaways: let them hear the truth from you, and ask them what they think.

Many blessings as we engage in these hard conversations.

Donna Schuurman, Ed.D, F.T. Senior Director of Advocacy & Training Executive Director Emeritus The Dougy Center for Grieving Children

06/13/2016

We are grieving with our city in the aftermath of yesterday's attack. Here's a helpful resource for navigating the initial days after such a tragedy and determining if you or a loved one needs additional help.

You may be struggling to understand how a mass shooting could take place in a community, even a workplace or military base, and why such a terrible thing would happen.

03/15/2016

Kids' lives are sometimes full of "too much stuff, too many choices, too much information and too much speed."

Here's an interesting perspective on the value of simplicity.

When I read Kim John Payne's book, Simplicity Parenting one message leapt off the page. Normal personality quirks combined with the stress of "too much" can propel children into the realm of disorder. A child who is systematic may be pushed into obsessive behaviours. A dreamy child may lose the abil…

01/22/2016

Parenting is hard work! How do you navigate the tension of teaching kindness to others and kindness to self?

What we said was “be nice.” What she heard was “you don’t matter.”

01/05/2016

Well, you learn something new everyday. What has your experience been with the decluttering trend?

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/ocd-obsessive-compulsive-decluttering-hoarding/401591/?utm_source=SFFB

11/19/2015

Just a quick reminder as the holiday season ramps up - don't let busy kill your joy. ;)

11/09/2015

Sometimes there just aren't words for all our feelings...so we make them up! Which word is your favorite?

Graphic designer John Koenig has sought for years to fill holes in language that describe the emotions that we all feel, but fail to communicate.

10/29/2015

Quick 5 minute video about the connection between stress and your body. With silly animation and funny throwback video game sounds. =) Happy Thursday!

Our hard-wired stress response is designed to give us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn’t all good. When activated too long or too often, stress can damage virtually every part of our body. Sharon Horesh Bergquist gives us a look at what go…

10/21/2015

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10/15/2015

Men aren't the only ones who deeply need to be respected in their marriage!

10/14/2015

How can you let your husband know you admire him today?

A man’s most basic needs in marriage are (1) to be admired, (2) to have autonomy, and (3) to have shared activity. No one plays as significant a role in meeting a man’s unique needs as his wife. Researchers have identified his needs, but only a wife can truly satisfy them.

10/13/2015

We all love a good before and after story, right? But most of our lives are lived in the in-between, and sometimes it's hard to be in-between.

I read her text message and smiled. Sometimes you tell a friend about a struggle and that friend listens, offers some advice, maybe even prays for you, and then never […]

10/07/2015

"When your own child is an emotional trigger, bonding can be all but impossible."

Great article about postpartum PTSD. If you, or someone you know, has had a traumatic experience around childbirth please know that there is help available.

For some women, the psychological toll of childbirth leads to a form of PTSD—distinct from postpartum depression—that follows them into new motherhood.

10/05/2015

One thing we love about therapy is an hour of device-free conversation.

What have we done to face-to-face conversation?

10/02/2015

Well this is good news!

Parents with anxiety disorders can unintentionally teach their children anxious responses to life. But parents can learn how to teach children coping strategies instead, a study finds.

09/30/2015

The stories we tell ourselves really do matter, and sometimes five words make all the difference.

It might get uncomfortable.