Posted on September 20, 2010 by admin

Remain calm and don’t forget to breathe— Anger and frustration travel at lightening speed and often times have the ability to get us hooked into a power struggle, where we know NOTHING ever gets resolved. Times of stress can make it impossible to think clearly. If you find yourself in a position where your blood [...]

Posted on August 23, 2010 by admin

Have you ever felt stuck in your home life, emotional life, career or relationships? Maybe you are wishing something would change but your not quite sure what it is or where you should even begin? Try these steps: Pick one area that you want to focus on and ask yourself: What is your premise? What [...]

Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

 1. At this point, you have already realized that your daughter is not always going to be your little princess (although sometimes you wish she would!). She is growing quickly from a child into a teen, or a teen into a young woman and at times it is a *B.U.M.P.Y* ride. So jump on the ride and [...]

Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

Do you have a child who is super angry and can’t seem to find the right words to express herself? Or she isn’t exactly sure why she is feeling the way she is? Try this simple tool: 1. On a piece of drawing paper have your child write all the things that are making her [...]

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin

1.    Accept Your Mistakes – There is a very loud message out there that says (or should I say screams) that girls and women should be perfect, and if for some reason you feel as though you are not perfect enough than the market seems to have every “fix-it” available to help bring you to [...]

Posted on June 07, 2010 by admin

Here are five easy tips to help your child use creativity for emotional management: Use clay, crayons, markers and paper to create an imaginary character to help the child stop and think before acting. This will help her become more aware of her thoughts, feelings and emotions. Use clay to express frustration and then create [...]

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin

If you could go back in time and talk to yourself at the moment when you were most upset in school, what would you say? Each one of us has a story worth sharing and could probably recount it from beginning to end as if it were yesterday.  The story about the girl who was [...]

Posted on April 20, 2010 by admin

The ipod buds are in her ears 24/7, the TV is LOUD, the cell phone is buzzing like crazy with incoming text messages, the computer (or Facebook) sucks up her attention and the bedroom door is shut or should I say SLAMMED!?! You still deeply love her (of course), you are just at a loss [...]

Posted on April 13, 2010 by admin

Not too long ago, if you have a pre-teen or teenage daughter, you may have been the person in her life with all the answers.  When your daughter was struggling with friends or school, she came to you and you always knew how to take the pain and the hurt away.  Now, as your daughter is getting [...]

Posted on April 06, 2010 by admin

We’ve all been there. Whether you are a Parent, Teacher or Helping Professional we have all been in that moment where we had a perfect plan in our minds of how the next hour was going to play out. Right at that moment we take a look at our kids, our students or our clients [...]