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The Effects Positive Attention on the Impulsive Child
We’ve all heard the parenting proverb that a child who is acting out may actually be exhibiting attention-seeking behavior. And why not? We can understand this need because children are...
Can a Behavior (Like Viewing Porn) Be an Addiction?
Addictions of all types are about the neurobiological manipulation of feelings and emotions, and this can occur with or without an addictive substance.
From My Perspective …
ADHD is an invisible disorder. Or is it? ADHD is a psychological disorder that affects an individual’s ability to perform or complete day to day tasks. But there are two reasons why this means that ADHD is not obvious to others around us,...
Active Shooter Drills at School: How to Do Them Right
Threats to school-aged children are not new. From the 1940s through the 1980s, children in primary schools participated in bombing preparation drills, in case their school came under a bombing...
Today I Love Solid Plans
Today I love solid plans that map out the route to where we’re trying to go. I love the ones that get us on the road when we need to do that and I love the ones that make the changes in our lives when that is on the agenda....
Finding Hope & Meaning at the End of Life
The following is an excerpt from the book Death Is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life’s End by Christopher Kerr, MD, PhD and Carine Mardorossian, PhD. (Avery,...
Podcast: Anxiety and Anger: A One-Two Punch
Do you struggle with anger? Did you know that some of our most hot-headed moments are actually rooted in anxiety? In today’s podcast, Jackie openly shares her own fuse-blowing...
How To Identify And Understand PTSD Triggers
How to identify the things that trigger us can be quite complicated. Some of us can tolerate and tolerate until we explode. Others can’t tolerate the slightest frustration in their environment....
The Sandwich Generation: Navigating Between Parents and Kids
According to the Pew Research Center, just over one of every eight Americans aged 40 to 60 is sandwiched between raising a child and caring for a parent....
9 Inventive Ways to Identify and Process Your Emotions
I regularly share strategies to process our emotions on this blog because I want to highlight an important point: We can feel our emotions, even when we’ve spent years pretending they don’t exist or when we’ve let them dictate our decisions
Early PTSD Therapy After Natural Disaster Shows Long-Term Benefits
A long-term study of survivors of a 1988 earthquake in Armenia shows that children who received psychotherapy soon after the disaster were still experiencing health benefits well into adulthood. The...
Kids’ Fingertip Injuries Could Signal Abuse in Some Cases
Children with a documented history of abuse or neglect are 23 percent more likely to suffer a fingertip injury before age 12, according to new research published in the Journal...
“Winner-Takes-All” Pay Structure May Be Biggest Driver of Innovation
A new study reveals that a competitive “winner-takes-all” pay structure is most effective in empowering workers to come up with novel ideas and solutions. Innovation is a major force behind...
New Research Suggests We Shouldn’t Trust Facial Expressions
New research has found that facial expressions might not be reliable indicators of emotion. In fact, researchers at Ohio State University warn that it might be more accurate to say...
