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Why Yoga and Mindfulness for Kids?
When my son was 9 months old, he started walking and stopping babbling and talking. He didn’t speak again until he was four years old. Those were the hardest years of my life. My son was diagnosed with autism, developmental delay, and later ADHD...
Have you ever asked yourself WHY?
By Beth Bloom, MS, LPC, C-DBT Why didn’t I do this? Why didn’t I do that? We have all done this…ask why questions. Have you ever told yourself you should have done something differently, should have known better? We have all done that as well. Here are some...
Struggling with ADHD in Classroom
When I was in second grade, I was held back and forced to repeat the grade because I was “too immature.” Did you know that was even a thing? It was, apparently. It was in answer to my undiagnosed ADHD. I was diagnosed the following year, but the damage had already...
The Drama Triangle
By: Francine Zickl, MA, CADC Do you ever feel like you’re a Victim in life? Do you find yourself blaming others for your troubles? Have you been feeling helpless and even hopeless about your life? Or Do you find that you’re always the one trying to help someone else...
Treat Yourself! You are worth it!
“You are so stupid, why did you say that!” I have talked to myself like this for as long as I can remember. Even aloud. No lie. Just last week, I dropped a glass. It slipped right out of my hand and shattered on the floor. “(Insert expletive), Jen! You are useless....
Visualize Your Future
By Alyssa Martin, Intuitive Life Coach with a unique perspective, A Usui Reiki Master, Teen Self-Empowerment and Vocal Coach, and a Certified Louise Hay Program Facilitator. In 1978, I saw a commercial for the Play-Doh Barber Shop set. The Play-Doh would squish...
Simple Sweetness of Life
By Susan Cohen, yoga instructor, massage therapist, foot reflexologist, natural foods cooking teacher & chef The simple sweetness of life is a natural taste to desire. However, that sweetness doesn’t need to come from our diets. When our energy lowers around...
Healing the Brain
About a year ago, I suffered a traumatic brain injury. At the time, I thought life as I knew it was ending. Luckily, the only long-term effects that lingered were tinnitus in my left ear and occasional brain fog. I know so many others aren’t as lucky. As I recovered,...
4 yoga techniques that can settle any rowdy toddler
Settling your toddler can be quite a challenging task, especially if they are having fun. So having some handy tools in your parenting toolbox can make the task easier. Yoga is one such tool! To start, model the poses for your child and encourage them to mimic you. Do...
Coping Through the Holidays
Turkey. Baked Ham. Mashed Potatoes. Pie. Gifts. Family. Those images evoke memories filled with merriment or solace. Television programs and commercials display images of happy families celebrating the holidays seated around their large dining tables, perfectly set...
Managing Stress in Children
Our SMART Moves Program provides the opportunity for the child to practice making better choices, ways to self-regulate and to co-regulate with a parent.
Coping through the Holidays
By Marianne Salkind Turkey. Baked Ham. Mashed Potatoes. Pie. Gifts. Family. Those images evoke memories filled with merriment or solace. Television programs and commercials display images of happy families celebrating the holidays seated around their large dining...
Possibilities
Ring In The New And Ring Out The Old
by Dottie Kelly, LPC, RN
Hello to everyone! Welcome to 2021 and all the possibilities it holds!! Many of us begin our New Year by enthusiastically writing our resolutions. Resolutions can provide energy and motivation as we stand on the precipice of a new year. Each year many believe that this time will be different, this will be the year that they actually stick to their resolutions.
Change
In psychology, change is viewed as a positive aspect of a crisis as it provides the opportunity to do things differently. Yet, people fear change.
Your Intuition
Alysa Martin, The Happy MysticTM Coach Caroline Myss says, "Receiving intuitive information or guidance is effortless. What is difficult is removing your fears about what your intuition is telling you. Treat yourself and the voice of your psyche with respect, because...
From a Grain of Sand to a Pearl
Pearls are what happen when an oyster or some other mollusk is irritated by the invasion of some disturbing intruder into its closed shell. A grain of sand may be slight but not too slight to cause a pearl to form. Pearls are layers and layers of soothing nacre...
Composting
COMPOSTING...What's On Your Rubbish Pile? I’m sure many of you have planted gardens. You may have been so dedicated to the gardening process that you had a compost pile to enrich your garden’s soil. What we reap from gardening or farming (as in our lives) depends on...
Storying: Playfulness and Wonder
In her book Writing the Natural Way, Gabriele Lusser Rico introduced the concept of “clustering” also known as “webbing,” as a creative technique to return to the playfulness and wonder of childhood storying. Traditional schooling programs our brains to write in a...
Road Signs
As Pumpkin and I were strolling, I noticed how many signs fill our neighborhood. Signs with directives, instructions and absolute orders. I began to think about all the messages that these signs project to the community. I wondered if we could flash a sign, perhaps on our foreheads, that would provide information to others. Information about our needs, requests, wants and even warnings.
Glories, Gifts and Graces
This is a blog that will focus on women and their ability to turn adversity into strength. Susan Wittig Albert, in her book Writing from Life, defined “Glories”, “Gifts” and “Graces” below: Glories – the achievements and successes that give pride and personal...
