Let’s just start by acknowledging how sweet it would be if we could always have our way in life. Nice, huh? Well, and then we woke up. In real life and in real relationships, no one person gets their way all or even most of the time. Given that each relationship is a combination of two different ...read more
Filed Under: Communication, Healthy Relationships, Keep Love Alive, Managing Conflict, Real Life, Wellness
By now, if you are a parent of small children, you have likely either seen or heard of the Pixar movie "Inside Out". This delightful movie gives children, and parents, a wonderful way to talk more about feelings and to understand how they all have a role to play. Each of the portrayed emotions ...read more
Filed Under: Communication, Healthy Relationships, Parenting, Uncategorized, Wellness Tagged With: brain science, calm, communication, connection, control, discipline, emotions, Inside Out, parenting
We just passed Father's Day last weekend and sadly, Dads often don't get their fair share of recognition for how important they are in family life. We spend more on Mother's Day than on Father's Day. When someone gets on T.V. it's usually "Hi Mom!" not even "Hi Mom and Dad". Even though a growing ...read more
Filed Under: Healthy Relationships, Parenting, Uncategorized, Wellness Tagged With: communication, connection, healthy relationships, love, parenting, showing you care
Parents often approach summer with a combination of excitement and dread. We LOVE having more time with our kids (if we are fortunate enough to be able to be home with them) and we also start to dread the need to keep kids occupied.Let's face it, summer can be a challenge for parents whether it's ...read more
Filed Under: Healthy Relationships, Parenting, Real Life, Wellness Tagged With: kids, kindness, learning, parenting, summer ideas, summer slide, wellness
Recently I was called upon to help with the psychiatric part of a case I believe is really PANDAS. In route to that, I’ve been learning a lot more than I knew before and thought it might be helpful to many parents out there as well. PANDAS stands for Pediatric Auto-immune Neuro-Psychiatric Disease ...read more
Filed Under: Parenting, Real Life, Uncategorized, Wellness Tagged With: PANDAS, parenting, pediatric OCD and tics, strep and OCD in kids, sudden harmful thoughts in kids, sudden onset OCD
