by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Parenting teens is hard. Parenting teens with mental health struggles can be even harder. First of all, if you’re investing in mental health therapy for your teen, thank you. Their mental health matters. You play an important role in your teen’s development and...
by admin | Feb 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sometimes when working with parents, I over-simplify the idea of parenting children by dividing children into two groups: people-pleasing kids and other kids. We live in a scheduled, busy society where children are generally taught to adhere to norms and cooperate....
by admin | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
TRAUMA is a unique mental health struggle. Its effects are proof of the influence relationships and experiences have on our brains. We aren’t born with stress reactions. They’re developed and groomed over time. Though trauma is common and negatively impacts people’s...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have served CHILDREN IN FOSTER care through Mental Health for many years. Through my work, I’ve met biological parents with so much drive and ability to make necessary changes in their lives to fight for reunification with their children. I’ve met biological parents...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Parenting children is a balance of play, teaching, rescuing, and shaping behaviors. Children are so small in comparison to the huge world around them. Honestly, they’re so small in comparison to their parents. Even though children are very in control of themselves,...
by admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
MOM GUILT is real. It’s that inescapable feeling that you’re never doing enough as a mother, not doing things correctly, or making life-altering decisions that could ultimately “mess up” your kids’ lives. All people struggle. YOUR CHILDREN ARE PEOPLE. They are going...
