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Buffering Kids from Adult Business
We teach kids coping skills by exposing them to situations that require coping skills. However, care must be taken to remain within the limits of their developmental stage. Until the brain becomes capable of abstract thought, there’s a potential for them to...
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Choose Your Own Adventure
Imagine if you could compose a story about your ideal day – from the first thing you see when you wake up to every little interaction that fills each minute, all the way up to the moment your head hits the pillow again at night. Who and what would you include? Now,...
The Good Things
It’s been an almost laughably rough stretch of time. No one has been immune to the emotional repercussions of the changes that began in early 2020 when Covid-19 first entered our awareness, but the particulars of each of our struggles have differed. Some of us have...
Become Your Own Drummer
Let’s do a quick exercise. First, read the following sentence and think about the person it could be describing: “She really marches to the beat of her own drummer!” Got an image, or maybe even a specific person in mind? Great. Read it again. But this time focus on...
Don’t Stop Time
I recently had a golden opportunity to sit quietly on my porch while my kids were busy outside. I watched the leaves quake in the trees with each breeze. I listened to the cheerful summer bird chatter. I observed all the neighborhood kids shout and play as they zoomed...
One Sentence
What is the meaning of life? The question feels colossal. Maybe even unanswerable at first. When we’re young, we plan for our ideal adulthood via main plot points: √ Pick a career√ Get married√ Have kids Then we grow older and begin to understand that those...
Knowing When It’s Time to Zoom
Grace under pressure is a gift. Those who can stay poised under adverse circumstances have the ability to step back and see the bigger picture. They widen the lens, get perspective, and fend off the body’s efforts to move into fight-flight-freeze mode. They can be...
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