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“Small changes over time in your child’s daily habits will not only translate to better behavior in the present but also lead to healthy life habits that have a big pay off on emotional health in the future.“
Discover how basic integrative health approaches can be applied daily to improve child behavior, mood and emotional health.
"In these moments when we feel lost and down on ourselves, it helps to see ourselves through the eyes of someone who believes in us. And it helps to remember we’re not alone, and that someone else really cares."
People. Life is all about people. We don’t have to have a ton of relationships, but we all need people in our lives who get us. Who’ve seen our freak flag countless times and love when it comes out. People who tag us on memes that capture our spirit, or Tasty videos they know we’d drool over. ...
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” ~Melody Beattie
Gratitude journaling can boost your mood, improve your attitude, and completely change your life, and it only takes five minutes per day.
“Teaching our children that there is a lesson when we struggle is so important. That there is a lesson in our pain, disappointment, anger. That problems that are hard to solve lead to opportunities.”
Our words can hurt or heal when our kids are upset. Build your child up with these 10 phrases that will coach your child through big emotions and connect with their hearts. Give your child the gift of emotional intelligence and set them up for life.
We are thrilled to share that Andréa Nunes-Gardner, LPC joined our team!
Andréa is a highly trained and compassionate Licensed Professional Counselor with over a decade of experience working with children, teen, adults & couples. Please visit our website (www.thrivetherapycenter.com) to learn more about her.
To better serve the community we are now offering services in English, Spanish & Portuguese.
Maria Ines Butler, LCSW, founder of Thrive Therapy Center, participated in a professional panel for an online social work program. She was honored to contribute to the profession!
Pretty simple...
So that's what it takes to be a good parent.
Great tips for the first days of school!
School is stressful, and children’s developing brains aren’t yet fully equipped to handle it. - Creative Child Magazine
“It’s not about what’s wrong with you, but what happened to you”... it’s about trauma and this is why we do the work that we do. There is hope that things can get better.
"This story is so important to me and I believe to our culture that if I could dance on the tabletops right now to get people to pay attention to it, I would," Winfrey says
Simple yet impactful phrases.
14. “You make me proud.” 💜
Simple words that can make a world of difference!
5. “You can do hard things.”
"I’ve learned to embrace saying “I’m sorry,” and recognize that there is a lot of peace to be found in owning your own truth."
Anxiety isn’t all about stress and panic attacks. For me, it’s often about being so stressed that the result is cold, angry, bitter words.
How will these powerful phrases change the dynamic in your home?
7. “How can I help…”
Simple yet powerful.
The number one barrier is ourselves.B
Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
Helpful reminder as the holidays approach.
Reminder: we don't have to continue holiday traditions that leave us broke and stressed out.
http://www.theminimalistmom.com/2012/11/simpleholidays1/
Boost your happiness and health without losing time.
If you've been extra busy and can't find time to meditate, try one of these simple mindfulness practices to boost your happiness.
This upcoming holiday season many will be coping with the loss of a loved one and wishing they were still here. You are not alone. We are here to walk with you in this journey. Visit us at: www.thrivetherapycenter.com.
The holidays can be difficult when you've lost someone you love. Here are eight ideas to help you enjoy the holidays while also honoring your loss.
"We've created an environment that fosters anxiety, rather than resilience in young people."
We've created an environment that fosters anxiety rather than resilience.
“If you think you or someone you know has PTSD, EMDR may be able to help.”
Before the first session of EMDR, we established a support system so I could recover from each session. It is not unlike “finding your village” as a woman transitions out of pregnancy and into postpartum life. Following each session, exhaustion would set in as my brain scrubbed away my old way of thinking and regrouped events into new categories. The first and most obvious support person was our babysitter for our older children. [ 581 more words ]
http://stillstandingmag.com/2017/10/establishing-support-receiving-emdr-therapy-ptsd/
"The early years are about teaching, not punishing. When parents have realistic expectations about their child's capabilities, they can guide behavior in very sensitive and effective ways."
A national survey shows most parents believe their toddlers have the capacity for more control of their emotions than is developmentally possible at t
The habit of seeing things from your child's perspective will ensure that you treat her with respect and look for win/win solutions. It will help you see the reasons for behavior that would otherwise drive you crazy. And it will help you regulate your own emotions so when your buttons get pushed and you find yourself in "fight or flight," your child doesn't look so much like the enemy.
We all crave those close moments with our children that make our hearts melt. Connection is as essential to us parents as it is to our children. When our relationship is strong, it's also sweet -- so we receive as much as we give. That's what makes parenting worth all the sacrifices.
Helpful reminder to take care of ourselves.
Love this!
via Sweatpants & Coffee
Children lie for all sorts of reasons but the truth about lying may surprise you.
We want children to value the truth and it's important we teach them to be honest. Here are some parenting tips on curbing lies in young children.
The importance of predictability and it's ability to heal.
When walking through life with someone with a trauma history, one of the best things we can do is to be predictable. The more we can predict and follow through on, the more they can reduce their anxiety and connect. As they connect with you, you open the pathways for healing. It's not in your words, it's in your presence that others heal.
Powerful TED Talk!
"Bravery is learned, and like anything learned, it just needs to be practiced."
The power of human connection.
It's wisdom gleaned from one of the longest longitudinal studies ever conducted.
The power of a hug!
There have been a number of recent studies that highlight the relationship between parental affection and children’s happiness and success.
"We end up spending most of our lives living up to the wrong things."
We end up spending most of our lives living up to the wrong things.
Simple steps that make kids feel love & supported.
Here's how to teach children to work through a mistake gently, giving them a lifelong empowerment blueprint for bouncing back from bad situations.
Such a simple suggestion with a big impact!
Read to young children like this, and they'll develop greater intellectual empathy--and become more successful
“If we are aiming to prevent behavioral problems which are a known precursor for more serious psychological problems, we need to know more about the values and expectations parents bring to the child-rearing table."
A new five-year study has investigated the behavior of babies from 23 countries around the world to gain a better understanding of how parents' values and expectations influence the development of their toddlers' behavior and overall temperament. The findings of four of these countries -- the United...
Ways to make drop-off easier for little and big ones alike.
As a mom of two preschoolers with separation anxiety, I was first inspired to write an article about executing a tear-free drop off. Then realized the goal shouldn't be about how your child reacts to saying goodbye to you, which he may have very little control over, but about how to leave him on sol...
Great suggestions to try with little ones who struggle with bedtime.
Reader Confused Mom writes: I was hoping you could provide insight on dealing with my 5 year-old-daughter whose personality resembles Dr Jekyll and Mr...
"Your beliefs, rather than your lack of ability, could be the biggest hurdle standing between the life you're living and the life you want to live."
... and leap the biggest hurdle between the life you have and the life you want.
"You will rest happily knowing you lived true to yourself, acted with confidence, and stood up for what you believed in. So don’t worry about the perfection of your decisions."
I collated a number of strategies for effectively reducing over-thinking. Her are some of my favorite simple and easy-to-implement insights and strategies.
Incredibly inspiring!
Dr. Denis Mukwege opened a hospital in Eastern Congo to help women give birth safely. His first patient was a rape survivor. And she changed his life.
Great calming techniques just in time for the start of the school year.
Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage one’s own emotions. Helping children develop emotional intelligence is key to their success and well-being.
"Your job as a good parent is to walk with them. Not over failure. Not around failure. But through their failure. To the other end."
In our mistaken definition of a ‘good parent’, we have embraced this notion that good parenting is equal to protecting our children from all harm, including – heaven forbid -the slim possibility th…
What keeps us from meeting our goals? Why are some goals successfully achieved, while others remain on our to-do list, nagging us for months or even years at a time?
1. Give up dwelling on "If only..."
The balance between enough support and not too much pressure is a tough one. But you can keep parental pressure in check by asking this question: What do you value more, your child’s journey or the outcome he may produce?
In the book Coming of Age in the Other America, researchers Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin found that one of the reasons some kids pushed past challenging circumstances and managed to graduate high school and college was something called an identity project, a hobby or pa...
Powerful reminder
Torri from NOTESONTHEWAY has the best/hardest timing with these notes!
What I’ve realized is that it isn’t the emotions themselves causing me to suffer—it’s my judgment of those emotions and my desire to rid myself of them.
When we judge our feelings as "bad," we feel even worse and then get stuck. It's human to experience all emotions. We deserve compassion, not judgment.
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