Raising emotionally healthy children who will live their BEST life..
My 9-year-old client sits down on the couch in my therapy office and I can tell already by his slumped shoulders and downward gaze that he is having a rough week.
“How’s your week been bud? Should we start with the highs or the lows?”
“I hate school and I never want to go back again”. [Read more…]
I had a knot in my stomach that had been steadily building all morning, and it took me a bit to realize I was holding my breath as we sat the blanket down on the damp grass. We were at my 5-year-old daughter’s first ever soccer game. [Read more…]
Somedays, I feel like a big. stinking. failure.
You’ve been there, right? The feeling that so often inhabits us when our parenting and the way we interact with our child doesn’t live up to the expectations we set for ourselves? [Read more…]
I’m excited to share an excerpt from Rebecca Eanes’s new book, The Positive Parenting Workbook. This inspiring and inviting guide walks readers through the process of charting a new path toward greater emotional awareness, clear communication, and joyful parenting! Filled with encouraging prompts and plenty of room to record your progress, this interactive workbook/journal is for anyone who wants to deepen their relationships with their loved ones and learn how to be a positive parent.
I will never forget the bumpy wagon ride through that strawberry field three years ago. It was a bright summer day. and my two girls and I had finished filling our baskets with fresh strawberries, but the wagon that would take us back to the country store was nowhere to be seen.
Oh crap, we have to wait.
Waiting can be a terrifying thing for some parents you know.
Yelling. Stomping. Slamming. Crashing.
Raising a child who experiences intense emotions and doesn’t yet have the coping mechanisms to deal with them appropriately means unpredictability, lots of ups and downs and overall family chaos. [Read more…]
