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One More Crucial Parenting Tool
Remember the character Helen Parr (“-Elastigirl-”) in the animated Disney Pixar movie, -The Incredibles-? -The moms are always pulled in a million different directions, so I made her - stretch like taffy. Brad Bird, writer and director. That is one of the most perfect and succinct descriptions of motherhood I’ve ever heard. And even on the days we don’t think we can stretch one more inch, our young...
January 10, 2018
Chronic Stress, Mental Illnesses, and How to Combat Them
Whether we want to or not, we all experience stress in varying degrees. While stressful situations are a completely regular occurrence, there’s recent evidence that has shown links between chronic stress and mental health illnesses. The side effects of chronic stress commonly include depression and anxiety, as well as many other symptoms of mental health conditions. Newfound Claims Regarding Chronic...
April 9, 2016
Being There For Your Family Starts Here
It’s a familiar scene. You’re out at a café at lunch and you see a child and what looks to be their parent sitting at a two-person table. The parent is scrolling through their phone endlessly, picking at their meal, making zero eye-contact with their kid, and the child is playing a mindless game on an iPad or tablet barely touching their food. I feel disheartened when I see a parent and child “spending...
April 15, 2015