Raising Confident, Happy Children
Are there days you feel like you've got this? And other days you feel as if it is an insurmountable task? No matter what kind of day you (or your child) are having (and there will be both!) below are a few key tips to ensure you are on the right track to raise your...
Success is Failure Tried One More Time
As I see it, there are two ways to look at failure- As failure OR As the road that leads to success I don’t know about you, but if I look at every mistake I make, and for that matter every mistake my children make, as failures, I would be living a pretty doom and...
CBT Parenting – A unique Hybrid Therapy and Parent Coaching group
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My mom allowed me to walk all over her…
I recently asked a mother, “What would you change about how you were raised if you could?” I was touched by her responses (of which I have shared excerpts below), by her honesty and by her fierce desire to create a parenting legacy for her son that she will be proud...
Morning Tears and Slamming doors, Oh My!
Join us for this one of a kind life changing Hybrid Group for more peace, laughter and joy in your family! With sweaty palms, blood pressure rising and heart racing, Mom and Dad (while rushing to get everyone out the door for school and for work) tried valiantly to...
What is the Definition of Insanity? Parenting Food for Thought
According to Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity is: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Here we are at the beginning of another school year. New teachers, new classrooms, and new chances- A fresh start! Are you hoping and...
Gr-Attitude: 5 Tips to a Year Long Thanksgiving!
In just a few days, we will be sitting down to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends. Dinner conversations in homes across the country will begin with the ritual of going around the table, and from young to old, sharing what each is thankful for and why....
3 Steps to Help Your Child Navigate Friendships
A warm welcome to Jessica Todd, LPC, my guest columnist, on helping you to help your child navigate their friendships. 3 Steps to Help Your Child Navigate Friendships Does this story sound familiar: you pick your child up from school and he/she begins to cry or is...
Back to School- 5 Tips for a GREAT School Year!
Wow! Summer has come to an end (at least here in the Southeast). I hope you had a fantastic summer filled with laughter, excitement and plenty of family time. It’s hard to believe that August is here and school doors will soon be open, car pool lines will be forming...
School is out, Gone is the Routine- 8 Tips For Surviving Unstructured Days of Summer
Ahhhhhh….. summer time! Here at last! Finally, a much needed break from the ringing of the pre-dawn alarm clocks, nagging the kids to get their homework done and rushing from one activity to another. But wait…that also means saying goodbye to the comfort of order and...