You can’t always control what stress life brings your way, but you can control how you choose to take care of yourself to reduce the tension you experience during those difficult times. Indulging in self-care helps you build resilience towards stress. When you neglect to focus on your personal needs, such as healthy eating habits […]
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Self-Compassion allows us to manage negative self-talk, perfectionism, people pleasing and judgmental thinking. Self-Compassion increases our resilience to suffering, shame and failure. In order to understand Self-Compassion, it is helpful to first reflect on what compassion is and what it feels like. Compassion happens when we recognize the suffering of another. We can only recognize […]
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Since the beginning of time, siblings have been at each other’s throats. It’s one of the most frustrating things for parents and one of the most difficult things to manage. The tattling, the bickering, the never-ending shout for mom to settle things…. it’s exhausting. Sometimes rivalry starts when kids are trying to define who they […]
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Do our brains protectively block our own recall of memories of traumatic experiences? Repressed memories are thought to be blocked from one’s conscious awareness due to a high level of stress or trauma associated with the forgotten experience. The validity of repressed memories – also referred to as dissociative amnesia or psychogenic amnesia – has […]
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It’s a new year and a new school semester and everyone wants to make a change for the better. Everyone wants to make a New Year’s Resolution. Unfortunately, most people will not achieve their goals and end up in the same place, doing the same things they were last year. The reason why is because […]
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When we see our children struggling with anxious behaviors and not being able to help them in the moment, it can be hard. Here we want to provide a few Do’s and Don’ts on how to help keep anxiety low in the household and hopefully help you and your child. First let’s talk about what […]
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Procrastination gets the best of all of us. Things pile up and then we find ourselves doing everything else but those things. During busy times at work, I find myself cleaning every part of my house just to avoid thinking about work tasks! Often the longer you procrastinate the more intense the stress about the […]
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The Holidays are here, in the midst of the hustle sometimes we need to stop and reflect on all the emotions stirring within us. As we focus on hanging the stockings with care and finding the perfect gift for our loved ones, we might need to gift ourselves a little self-care. The holiday season often […]
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When we are trying to determine our children’s problematic anxious behaviors, there are a few “red flags” that we can look for as warning signs. These signs are signals for us to watch for in order to beware if more support needs to be provided to of children and their worries. The first “red flag” […]
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1) Use Positive Self-Talk People often times have negative thoughts about themselves which can lead to poor self-image. These negative messages could have been told to a person as a young child or a person thought of these negative thoughts themselves. Regardless of where the negative thought came from, people can “rewrite” those messages. It […]
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