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 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 01, 2010 by admin

Ever feel really down on yourself and KNOW that you were being way too hard on yourself but just couldn’t change your thoughts or feelings? Here’s my feel good tip: Put a picture of yourself on your fridge from when you were a child. We all spend alot of time in the kitchen.  Next time one [...]

Posted on May 24, 2010 by admin

There is nothing more frustrating then when an angry road raged driver honks the horn at you.  We have all been there.  We are sipping our coffee/tea listening to our favorite song when someone behind us just will not let up on their horn.   Immediately, our heart races, we are angry and we feel [...]

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 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 [...]

Posted on March 18, 2010 by admin

OK, the truth is that these days our girls really don’t want the pony anyway. So let’s enter the modern day world and replace pony with: ipod, itouch, ipad, iphone, ihome, new cell phone, skinny jeans, dark nail polish, a new bag, boots, laptop, stuff to make their hair curly or stuff to make their [...]

Posted on March 04, 2010 by admin

Even though these years seem crazier than you could have ever imagined, and some days (or most days!) you really DO want to pull your hair out, these stages in your daughter’s life are crucial for forming the confidence, connection, happiness and stability she absolutely needs in order to be a successful woman. Read on [...]