It’s Not Gonna Happen…So Please Stop Pretending.
For you, how many times have you sought out good information and then ignored it? You listened to an inspiring Ted talk and then forgot about it by bedtime.
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Thanksgiving: Tips for Nurturing Gratitude at Home
Let’s consider giving and gratitude. The very act of giving, when offered without hope for reward or return, brings fascinating benefit. Even when feeling some ‘lack’ in our lives, these moments of giving yield a reward of immense gratitude, instantly and automatically. It just flows into us with overwhelming feelings of warmth and appreciation.
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Clinging to the Familiar Is a Trap!
We are creatures of familiarity. We tend to seek out the same experiences, over and over, regardless of whether those experiences are fulfilling. We can be quite dissatisfied, frustrated, anxious, or depressed, and yet we tend to repeatedly turn to the same solutions.
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Part II: The Antidote to Raising the Wimpy Child
We want our children to be strong, resilient, and eager to tackle the challenges ahead. So, let us discuss how to get there.
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Wimpy and Whiney. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way.
Life is often challenging. Few argue with that conclusion. And what is needed in those challenging moments is not a wimpy attitude and more whining. Despite this, many of us are raising our children to be wimps. They tend to lean away from challenges, from struggles, and effort. This rarely works out well.
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The Tantrum Fixer Approach to End Tantrums/Meltdowns
Temper tantrums are a topic of perennial relevance, except more now than ever. Why? Because Covid has pushed the limits of many homes, with children and teens learning to ‘rule the roost’ through demand and tantrums.
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Puny or Powerful?
When we wake up in the morning, here’s what happens to most of us. Residual thought from the day...
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What’s Your Excuse?
As a psychologist working with individuals and organizations, I am frequently offered numerous...
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Anger Begets More Anger. Gratitude Begets More Gratitude.
Our minds are like a telescopic lens, and the more we focus on something, the larger it becomes. As a child, we begin with a starter telescope, and this makes it hard to get locked into one perspective. As we age, we evolve to giant telescopes, with a great capacity to focus in on a single point of view. As we zoom in on perception or a belief (and this creates an emotion), the mind then expands upon that over and over.
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Be Free from Anxiety: Master How You Breathe
In recent years, there is an explosion of children and adults struggling with anxiety disorders....
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What’s The Fuss About ‘Questions?’
Our minds seem to be incessantly creating questions to be answered. We engage in this inner dialogue, answering the internal questions and following the train of thought. The question controls our energy and attention!
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Pattern Recognition: One Key Distinction to Helping Your Child
Pattern recognition is exactly what it implies: Noticing patterns of behavior or emotion, and the behavioral or emotional consequences that are paired with those choices. Thus, it is essential to include both child and adult behaviors and emotions in any behavioral issue.
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The End to Arguments & Negotiations
Many of us have been (falsely) taught that children need a stronger voice in making decisions in their life. We hear the battle cry: “Give kids more choice.” And so we listen and turn to our children to offer them more choice.
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Positively Bias Your World with Empowering Questions: Part 2
Previously we discussed how questions arise in our minds, and we typically do not choose the...
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