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The Safety Lesson Every Parent Should Be Teaching Their Child
From the moment you bring your bundle of joy home there is a natural drive to protect them. From baby-proofing your home to navigating a curfew, safety is critically important. But when it comes to preventing child abuse, many parents aren’t sure where to begin.
Wellbeing 😄
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Recession Proof Your Kids: How to Talk to Kids About Job Loss, Tight Budgets, & the Economy
It seems like talk of recession and the impact of inflation is everywhere these days. Whether it’s the price of eggs or possible lay-offs, the economy is affecting us all. If you have kids, it’s likely that you are concerned about how this will affect them and how much to share.
Economy 💹
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Failing Forward: Why Failure Can Propel Corporate Success and Boost Creativity
Talk with any author, performer, inventor, or entrepreneur and they will teach you one critical lesson—behind every success is a litany of failures. The key is to allow your failures to move you forward. In education and psychology we call this a growth mindset.
Career 👩🏫
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Free Mental Space to Manage Growing Work Demands
We’ve all dealt with that annoying error that pops up on our phones every so often . . . “Low Storage.” Soon we’re sorting through duplicate photos, voicemails, or old files to make room for our devices to function. When it comes to our brains, the same principal applies.
Career 👩🏫
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Coping with Grief During the Holidays
For many people the holidays are a time to gather with loved ones and celebrate with special traditions. But those who are grieving often find holidays weighed down with loss. Instead of being able to celebrate time together, the person they loved or counted on is absent.
Wellbeing 😄
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Tips for Talking About Politics, Religion, and Other Hard Subjects at Your Holiday Table
We’ve all heard the old adage—“Don’t talk about religion or politics.” This may seem like especially sound advice in our current polarized climate. And yet, perhaps the reason our culture has become so divided is that we haven’t learned to talk about hard topics with each other.
Happiness 😀
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The Psychology of Gratitude
Gratitude is centered on appreciation for what you have. Feelings of gratitude affirm that those things are good, worthy, and meaningful. Those feelings strengthen relationships and ensure our survival—supporting others and being supported in return is crucial to our existence.
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Relaxation Tools to Improve Your Mental and Physical Health
We all encounter stress, whether it comes from work, relationships, communities, or a global health crisis. Some degree of stress is normal—it can drive us to inspire productivity and creativity. However, too much can overwhelm us and lead to poor physical and mental health.
Happiness 😀
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Aren't I wonderful? Exploring Narcissistic Personality Disorder
The world loves to speculate on just who might be a narcissist. People hypothesize about the traits of Henry VIII, Napoleon, Hitler, Jim Jones, Joan Crawford, Madonna, Kanye West, and Donald Trump, curious how much of their personality is for show and how much is illness.
Wellbeing 😄
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Battling Zombies From Her Hospital Bed: Mental Health Meets Molecular Biology
Lauren Kane graduated college in 2016 and moved in with her mother while she applied to grad school. She enjoyed the relaxed pace of days at home, enjoying her mother’s company and binge-watching The Walking Dead. Until one day something went very wrong in her brain.
Psychology 🧠
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Tips for Overcoming Parental Guilt
Whether you’re a mom, dad, or other caregiver, chances are you’ve dealt with the weight of feeling guilty. Studies have shown a dramatic increase in parental guilt over the past few years, due in part to the impact of Covid and a shortage of quality childcare.
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The Power of Play: Understanding Play Therapy and It's Power to Heal
People usually understand how talking to someone about your problems can help. But what exactly is play therapy, and how does it help? Play therapy harnesses the natural urges of humans to play, create, and imagine to bring healing and wellness to mental and emotional challenges.
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What is Art Therapy?
Over time as we learn more about helping people heal, the definition of therapy has expanded. Gone are the days when therapy was limited to sitting on a couch and talking with a therapist. Now there are many types of therapy—from music and sandtray to adventure or art.
Creativity 🧑🎨
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Is Facebook Messing with Your Mood? The Impact of Facebook on Mental Health
Approximately 69% of adults in the U.S. use Facebook and nearly half of them check it daily. The social media site strives to build connection between families, friends, communities, and even nations. While this is a worthwhile goal, that connection can come at a cost.
Happiness 😀
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Tips from the Trenches: Advocating For Your Child with Special Needs at School
When it comes to navigating the complex system of IEPs, accommodations, and supports for a child with special needs, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. The reality is that many parents feel they are fighting a never-ending battle to get their child the services they need.
Wellbeing 😄
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Breaking the Myths of Suicide (and learning to help your loved ones in the process)
According to the CDC, nearly 46,000 lives were lost to suicide in 2020 and it was the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10-14 and adults ages 25-34. In addition, 12.2 million adults reported seriously thinking about suicide and 1.2 million attempted suicide.
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Supporting Your Child with Special Needs: Understanding IDEA
If you have a child with special needs you need to know about IDEA. In 2004 congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to ensure all children with disabilities receive a free, appropriate public education that meets their unique needs.
Parenting 🧑🍼
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Self-Care That Really Works
Self-care is a tool that’s often discussed in therapy which has now become popular in main stream culture. Social media posts, blogs, and advertisements talk about the benefits of self-care while showing pictures of bubble baths and spa days. But what is self-care really?
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Tips to Transform Your Thinking: Using CBT to Challenge Negative Thoughts
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been proven very effective at relieving depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and even substance abuse. The trick is to transform your thinking. CBT starts with identifying negative thought patterns.
Happiness 😀
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Thinking Patterns That Bring You Down
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has become a standard for helping alleviate depression, anxiety, substance use, anger, and eating disorders. It is rooted in research that shows our thoughts can determine our emotions and teaches us to change negative thought patterns.
Happiness 😀
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Managing Your Moods with CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (or CBT) can be a wonderful tool for managing anxiety, depression, substance use, eating disorders, and anger. It is based on the idea that our feelings are determined by our thoughts and actions, and focuses on challenging negative thoughts.
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How a Growth Mindset Can Bring You Success
Psychologist Carol Dweck has long been interested in the way motivation affects intelligence. She began exploring how students’ attitudes about failure affected their future success. She found that some students were able to rebound while others became paralyzed by setbacks.
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Discovering Compassion for Yourself
Often the way we respond to our own pain, suffering, and mistakes is very different from the way we would respond to a close friend or family member. Instead of being supportive, we can be highly critical of ourselves. The Self-Compassion Break can help alleviate this.
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Using Mindfulness to Improve Your Life
Mindfulness is one of the best tools to help improve your well-being. It has been proven to lower anxiety and depression, increase focus and memory, and improve emotional control, flexible thinking, and relational satisfaction. It has even been shown to improve physical health.
Happiness 😀
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7 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Therapist
Going to therapy is a great form of self care as well as a wonderful tool for improving your mood, managing difficult situations or transitions, and facilitating change in your life to bring about wholeness. Therapists are trained to help you reach your goals.
Happiness 😀
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