Thriving with Kids at Home During Uncertain Times
I posted this on my personal Facebook page last week and it has taken off, so I am sharing it here, and I have expanded it. If you are a parent, grandparent or aunt/uncle, here are things to help ease our anxiety in this time...
Abuse has many faces…
I hated tickling. As a kid both my sister and I were tickled by my father whenever he wanted to do it. And as small children, we realized we HAD NO CONTROL. At first, for maybe 10 seconds, it was funny, then it became either...
Time, Aging and Sheep
As we rejoice in a new spring of green and flowers after a VERY long winter, I am forced to see the evolution of time passing resulting in changes around me I don’t want, or like. Changes one cannot ignore. In the last year my...
Wisconsin aims to be first trauma-informed state; seven state agencies lead the way
Some of you know that I live in Wisconsin, and I don’t always agree with my governor, but here is a story that shows what can be done when people work together setting partisan politics aside and focusing on wellness and health for children who...
Illness and Childhood Trauma
Make sure you tell your physician if you’ve had childhood trauma. Ongoing adversity in childhood leads to a chronic state of “fight, flight or freeze.” Researchers at Yale recently demonstrated that when inflammatory stress hormones flood a child’s body and brain, they alter the genes...
Cravings Rewired
Psychiatrist Judson Brewer poses some fascinating thoughts on how we can turn TO our cravings to eventually lessen them. Try using this mindfulness and see what you learn! How often do we smoke, eat, drink without REALLY thinking about what we are doing? Probably...
We compare our insides to other people’s Facebooks…
One of my favorite quotes is attributed to many. I think this wisdom is timeless. “We compare our insides to other people’s outsides”. Spot on. And that is never more true in the era of social media, where sometimes the most unhappy people can convince...
The Anatomy of Trust
Brené Brown, who is a researcher and best selling author whom I greatly admire, recently offered a free course called “The Anatomy of Trust”. I decided to “take” it (it is online, link at bottom). I found out some things about myself, and realized I...
2016 – The year to NOT…
It’s January 1st, and for many of us the new year heralds the all too familiar “this year I’m going to (insert self critical phrase here — eg; get thinner, work out harder, ramp up my career or be a better parent)…” STOP. Just STOP....
Can 36 Questions Help You Fall in Love?
I watched an amazing TED talk the other day and was totally intrigued by her story and an article she’d stumbled on in her research that posed 36 questions. The questions were meant to help university students bond with each other, and was written in...
Fat Shaming Never Works
In fact, as you read this excellent article from Kris Gunners, who authors the website Authority Nutrition, you will see that shaming never works — it does the exact opposite. If you know someone who is frustrated with a family member or a friend’s weight and...
We filter things through a fun house mirror.
Updated 11.2018 Women in America have an incredible hurdle to overcome when it comes to being at peace with “how they look”. Why is this? Due to media, we live in what one author called a “crazy funhouse mirror”, where what we think is normal...
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