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Tired of always yelling at your kids? Feel like you are calm one moment and then angry the next? Your first thought may be…” if only they would just listen the first time, I wouldn’t have to yell!” or “If he would just stop hitting his sister, I wouldn’t have
Continue ReadingThanks to Amy Maricle for allowing me to write a guest post on her website. In this post I focus on tips for people who say that they “don’t have time” to do self-care. Can you relate? How do you find time to take care of yourself?
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“We tried ___, it didn’t work.” Sometimes the blank is filled with a particular parenting method, other times it is filled with a laundry list of strategies. As a therapist and parent coach, this is one of the most common phrases I hear from exhausted parents. But, as a
Continue ReadingAnxiety is a master at making us run away from our fears. It’s like the wrong side of a magnet, the closer we get, the more we try to push away. It’s no surprise, really. No one wants to feel uncomfortable. We don’t want to sweat or
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When we’re feeling good, we can usually handle minor bumps in our day without much trouble. Someone spills a glass of milk and we respond by saying, “Oops, let’s get that cleaned up” instead of yelling, “Why can’t you be more careful!?” Unfortunately, we don’t often sit back and
Continue ReadingImagine that your oldest kids are fighting…again. Or, your youngest just spilled his juice box on the floor. Or, your daughter is whining that life is “not fair.” What’s your knee-jerk reply? Are you a yeller? Do you criticize? Overreact? Maybe you ignore, walk away or throw up
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Recently, I was struck by the number of mixed messages parents send to their kids. I believe that most of these are unintentional, and would probably go unnoticed unless someone pointed them out (in a blog post, maybe?). However, some of these are common sources of tension between parents and
Continue ReadingWhile the whole world seems to be ringing bells and singing, you are struggling. The holidays are a season of faking a smile and pretending that everything is ok. Things are definitely not ok, but these are things you don’t talk about at the company holiday party. Like how
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Your toddler is having a tantrum in the middle of Target. Or, maybe your tween is having a tantrum in the middle of Target. You look around. People are starting to stare, most are actually glaring. You feel judged. You feel like a horrible parent. In
Continue ReadingIt’s summer! Most of us wait all year for the lazy days of summer. Time to relax by the pool. Take a vacation. Or sit in a hammock. Instead, many parents spend their time shuttling their kids to and from soccer camp. Feeling obligated to create fun activities
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