Perspective Influences Reality
Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to dive deeper into how perspective influences our reality, especially as it relates to parenting.
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Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys
Forcing boys to repress their emotions is quite literally killing them, leaving lasting mental and physical health implications. Here are 4 things we can do to free our boys and men from social constructs of man up, toughen up, and dry up.
Creating Safe Spaces and Nurturing Connection Using Social Stories and More
Home visits can play an important role in alleviating the intergenerational transmission of trauma by helping parents and caregivers build positive and healthy attachments with their children. And, in using social stories for home visits, children can better navigate challenging situations. Here's how. Plus FREE Scripted Social Stories Printable.
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Outcomes
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect, and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.
The Battle Between Positive and Negative Reinforcement
We parents have long searched for a solution when it comes to behavior modification, asking ourselves, which is more effective, positive or negative reinforcement? We have the scoop here.
Slowing Down
If we are always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one we are in? Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to help us slow down and enjoy where we are.
Mom Of Two Advocates For Her Neurodiverse Daughters
Natasha is a mama of two neurodiverse daughters and she has one big focus: teaching her girls social-emotional skills, not only to help them express themselves but to advocate for themselves.
That's Not How I Was Parented
We took a look at common parenting practices of the past to compare how we were parented to how we parent. And here is what we found.
I Can't Remember My Childhood, And Here's Why
Stress and trauma suppress and actually shrink the part of the brain responsible for emotional regulation and memory, making it hard for us to recall our youth. As we teach and guide our children and nurture their emotional intelligence, we regenerate our hippocampus so we can remember, feel and share, too.
It's Okay Not To Be Okay (Part 2)
Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to pause and ask ourselves, "How are we doing?" As we listen to what comes up for us, we can meet it with compassion knowing that, however we feel, it is valid, useful, and allowed. Our emotions - all of them -...
3 Ways To Transform Your Child's Behavior
This mom was searching for a way to transform her child's misbehavior. And it was these three connection-based tools that did it.
The Myth of Self-Regulation
Self-regulation is a myth. Regulation is never about the self because we are always drawing on internal representations of what we have previously experienced in relationships. So, before our kids can self-regulate, they must first learn to co-regulate. Here's how.
