Whether it is anxiety, fear, anger, sadness, etc; most of us know that experience when we are filled with an inconvenient and undeniable feeling. Imagine that feeling as an uninvited person who is getting into your car. Imagine that you are driving a car, and then that familiar uninvited feeling shows up, be it spontaneously, […]
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January 19, 2016 | metaphors to help facilitate communication | Click on title to comment!
Positive things to say to kids
January 15, 2016 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
The sidekick, the bully, and the downer
January 11, 2016 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers,For teens,metaphors to help facilitate communication | Click on title to comment!
Sometimes, in order to avoid acting on my emotions or reactions, I find that it helps to separate them from myself. I even imagine an emotion as a separate ‘person,’ giving me bad advice. How I see that person depends on the feeling. Anger reminds me of the sidekick to the bad guy in teen […]
Read More »Depression versus sadness
January 09, 2016 | Uncategorized | Click on title to comment!
This animation clarifies what makes depression different than feeling sad: https://magazine.good.is/articles/depression-video-symptoms?utm_source=TSE&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=pd&utm_content=inf_10_81_2&tse_id=INF_6fc9bc50583e4b25a26bbb45188719f2
Read More »Having children
January 09, 2016 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
This article discusses some dark unspoken experiences that some parents have after having kids: http://mom.me/blog/26774-10-darker-parenting-truths-every-person-should-know/
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