Nov
14
A Tale of Two Temperaments 🐶
I've been a mom to two dogs. One of them was a 12-pound badass shaped like a sausage.
6 min read
Coaching
Oct
18
Getting Out of a (Thought) Rut
4 min read
Sep
23
"Don't Worry About It..." Doesn't Work for Worry
Picture a pink giraffe. Now stop thinking about it. Small detail: the giraffe is sneezing - a lot. And he
3 min read
Sep
20
Science Activity: The Color of Emotion
With Gobstopper candies, test how candy colors flow like our emotions, side by side, without blending.
The other type of
4 min read
Sep
18
Your Kid is Already in the "Real World"
The phrase, "Welcome to the real world" is generally targeted at teens. Most of them will tell you,
2 min read
Sep
17
Emotion Science: A Visual Model of Feelings
I've been searching for youth-friendly models that show what emotion looks like in real time, like - in
5 min read
Sep
15
A Kid-Friendly Look at Overthinking
Cows bring their food up a second time and re-chew it. We humans tend to do the same thing, only
4 min read
Sep
12
Mistake-Friendly Learning Reduces Perfectionism
More than ever, adolescents get stuck in perfectionism. But mistakes, not perfection, pave the road to accomplishment.
In addition to
3 min read
Sep
09
Radical Acceptance: Making Peace with What You Can't Control
As a parent, one of the most useful coping skills you can have is radical acceptance: Letting go of what
4 min read
Sep
08
Help Your Child Label Their Emotions, Not Themselves
We humans usually get labeling backward. We label ourselves, not our emotions. When we reverse it, we can feel so
5 min read