Tag: Self-management

Rebuilding Our Social Intelligence

Going back out into the world may not be as simple as we may first think. What do we need to rebuild our social intelligence?

Join In Celebrating #SEL Day by Responding

Celebrate #SELDay2022 by sharing what you do to promote social and emotional skills with your family!

How Can We Disagree with Family and Friends While Sustaining and Growing Strong Relationships?

Do you and/or your kids and teens struggle when close others offer strong opinions they disagree with?

In a Safe, Healthy New Year…

The Start of the Year Offers the Ideal Chance to Set Our Mind On the Present… Back to school in-person? Remote? Hybrid? Staff and students missing, out sick due to the latest COVID variant. The frenzy of our one week back after winter break may have struck your household like a polar plunge into freezing …

Parents Supporting Studying in the Middle and High School Years

Wondering how, as a parent, you can play a role in your middle and high schooler’s learning?

Embracing the Mystery

Acceptance In Uncertain Times “Excitement gets caught like a lump in my throat and won’t pass through,” said my husband the other day and I was reminded of the reflection my son offered this summer… “I don’t get excited about plans because I know they probably won’t work out.” I’ve been wondering about why after …

Using Art To Help Children Tell Their Stories

How can you use artwork to help children manage difficult feelings?

Big Worries, Small Steps

How Can Parents Support their Children through Anxiety and Build Strength, Resilience, and Confidence? As we face so much uncertainty in our lives whether it involves election stress, pandemic worries, job fears, or school difficulties, parents and children alike are feeling the mounting pressure. It’s critical for families to continue their learning about how they …

Need Some Mindfulness This Week? Check out Our Mindful Monday Recording

Today, Mike Wilson, podcast host of “Making After School Cool” of the Harris County Department of Education in Houston, Texas and I discuss the mounting tension and how we deal with it. He introduces his own animal spirit guide that gives him a sense of meaning and important life reminders this week from the Native …

Dramatizing the Drama

Transforming the Big Feelings of Now into Big Lessons for the Future Frowning faces, furrowed brows, and grumpy expressions describes our family’s morning meeting on Monday (and Tuesday, if I’m being honest) as we launched into yet another week of homeschooling. Tired of the pressures of schooling during a pandemic, we are needing to rally …

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