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Social-Emotional Regulation: Help Your Child Stay Calm and Connected

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes If your child gets overwhelmed around other kids, has meltdowns during playdates, or avoids group activities, you’re not alone. Social-emotional struggles can make everyday interactions feel impossible and exhausting for parents. In this blog, I’ll break down what social emotional regulation really means, why some kids struggle with it, and most importantly, what you can

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Co-Regulation and Parenting Sharing Your CALM

Co-Regulation and Parenting: Sharing Your CALM

Parenting is a rewarding but challenging journey that requires us to guide our children as they navigate the ups and downs of life. One of the most important skills we can teach our children is emotional regulation, which is the ability to manage big feelings and stay calm in the face of challenges.  However, teaching emotional regulation isn’t always easy,

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MTHFR and ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression

The Link Between MTHFR and ADHD, OCD, Depression, and Anxiety

When a child has a mental health condition or a special need, it is crucial for parents to understand all the potential factors that may contribute to their child’s health and well-being. That means a parent in their own educational journey may have heard about genetic mutations that affect mental health.  MTHFR genetic mutations are relatively common, and some studies

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Sadness, Anxiety, Depression: What’s the Difference?

Sadness, Anxiety, Depression: What’s the Difference?

When we’re not feeling our best or upset by something, and we talk to a friend, we may want to express our feelings but struggle to find the right words. Beyond feelings of sadness, we may struggle with intrusive thoughts and somatic symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, and panic attacks that affect our daily activities. Anxiety and

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8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety

8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety

8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and intense fear that impacts your thinking and how your body feels. Intense worry can hijack your thinking and one can get stuck in a looping thought pattern. In everyday life, some things are bound to make us nervous and uncomfortable such as taking a major exam and

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EFT Tapping for Anxiety

5-Step EFT Tapping for Anxiety

With stress on the rise for both kids and adults, we all need tools that can reduce it that work effectively and are natural. EFT tapping is an evidence-based therapy that can quickly reduce anxious thoughts and sensations.  What is Tapping?   EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is an evidence-based alternative healing method for reducing stress and anxiety. It is based

Read More »
Failure to Launch How Anxiety and Depression Impacts Young Adults

Failure to Launch: How Anxiety and Depression Impacts Young Adults

The increasing rate of anxiety, OCD and depression amongst teens and young adults is a world health crisis. On average it takes 11 years from the first signs of a mental health problem until a person gets proper mental health treatment. With failure to launch young adults, when you look back at their history as children and adolescents, you often

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An African American family expressing gratitude in a field.

How Gratitude Helps Anxiety and Depression

For those that successfully overcome or manage anxiety and depression, they have found that making changes to their lifestyle is the key to mental and physical wellness. They learn that if they feel negative, frustrated, or just plain sad, they can intently turn it around through mindfulness and the practice of gratitude.  You may have tried to be more grateful

Read More »
Social Skills and Emotional Regulation

Social-Emotional Regulation: Help Your Child Stay Calm and Connected

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes If your child gets overwhelmed around other kids, has meltdowns during playdates, or avoids group activities, you’re not alone. Social-emotional struggles can make everyday interactions feel impossible and exhausting for parents. In this blog, I’ll break down what social emotional regulation really means, why some kids struggle with it, and most importantly, what you can

Read More »
Co-Regulation and Parenting Sharing Your CALM

Co-Regulation and Parenting: Sharing Your CALM

Parenting is a rewarding but challenging journey that requires us to guide our children as they navigate the ups and downs of life. One of the most important skills we can teach our children is emotional regulation, which is the ability to manage big feelings and stay calm in the face of challenges.  However, teaching emotional regulation isn’t always easy,

Read More »
MTHFR and ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression

The Link Between MTHFR and ADHD, OCD, Depression, and Anxiety

When a child has a mental health condition or a special need, it is crucial for parents to understand all the potential factors that may contribute to their child’s health and well-being. That means a parent in their own educational journey may have heard about genetic mutations that affect mental health.  MTHFR genetic mutations are relatively common, and some studies

Read More »
Sadness, Anxiety, Depression: What’s the Difference?

Sadness, Anxiety, Depression: What’s the Difference?

When we’re not feeling our best or upset by something, and we talk to a friend, we may want to express our feelings but struggle to find the right words. Beyond feelings of sadness, we may struggle with intrusive thoughts and somatic symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, and panic attacks that affect our daily activities. Anxiety and

Read More »
8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety

8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety

8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and intense fear that impacts your thinking and how your body feels. Intense worry can hijack your thinking and one can get stuck in a looping thought pattern. In everyday life, some things are bound to make us nervous and uncomfortable such as taking a major exam and

Read More »
EFT Tapping for Anxiety

5-Step EFT Tapping for Anxiety

With stress on the rise for both kids and adults, we all need tools that can reduce it that work effectively and are natural. EFT tapping is an evidence-based therapy that can quickly reduce anxious thoughts and sensations.  What is Tapping?   EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is an evidence-based alternative healing method for reducing stress and anxiety. It is based

Read More »
Failure to Launch How Anxiety and Depression Impacts Young Adults

Failure to Launch: How Anxiety and Depression Impacts Young Adults

The increasing rate of anxiety, OCD and depression amongst teens and young adults is a world health crisis. On average it takes 11 years from the first signs of a mental health problem until a person gets proper mental health treatment. With failure to launch young adults, when you look back at their history as children and adolescents, you often

Read More »
An African American family expressing gratitude in a field.

How Gratitude Helps Anxiety and Depression

For those that successfully overcome or manage anxiety and depression, they have found that making changes to their lifestyle is the key to mental and physical wellness. They learn that if they feel negative, frustrated, or just plain sad, they can intently turn it around through mindfulness and the practice of gratitude.  You may have tried to be more grateful

Read More »
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