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The Best Visual Schedule for Kids A couple of weeks ago, my almost-twelve year-old daughter served me a giant slice of humble pie. We moved to Oregon from California earlier...
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How to Help a Child Cope With Chronic Health Issues
When we think of chronic health conditions, we typically think of conditions that greatly affect an adult’s life and ability to work. However, chronic health issues also affect roughly 25%...
How to Help Kids Cope with a Parent’s Divorce/Separation
Help Kids Cope with Divorce Divorce and separation can be traumatic for anyone involved, even and especially children and young ones. A 2017 study found that children in step, blended,...
How to Help Siblings of Pediatric Cancer Patients
Cancer is the “big bad,” instilling fear in hearts and worry from loved ones. Helping and caring for a child with cancer is already a herculean task, but helping the...
How to Help Your Child’s Mental Health During Cancer Treatment
The word cancer can instantly instill feelings of fear, discomfort, and anxiety. And this is doubly so when it comes to our children. Cancer is the leading cause of death...
Coping Skills for Kids
While we wish the best for our friends, family, and especially our children, the truth is that hardships come in every lifetime. Coping skills and coping flexibility are essential for your...
How to Support Kids' Mental Health
Many of us wish we could return to our childhood when times seemed simpler and responsibilities were few and far between. And yet, mental health disorders remain the most common...
A Special Message for Professionals
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15 Gifts for Chemo or Someone With Cancer
Wondering what to get someone who is going through chemo? Through my cancer treatment, I was lucky to have a lot of amazing people come out of the woodwork and...
What We Learned from COVID-19 and 2020
I don't say this to be Pollyanna about this pandemic. I say this because we did learn a lot from 2020 and how hard it's been. These are life-long skills that,...
How I Stopped Making Decisions Out of Fear
When we make decisions out of fear, we are being reactive instead of proactive. As I write this, I am looking at the photo of a wonderful friend of mine who...
Household Systems to Reduce Stress in Your Family
A lot of people ask me how they can support a friend who is going through something hard, and the answer is almost always about reducing their stress by reducing...
Growth Mindset and Why It's Important to Give Kids Control
What is Growth Mindset? Growth mindset is basically the idea that if we work hard, we are able to develop skills that will help us succeed. Instead of giving up...
How Animals Can Help Kids Cope with Big Feelings
Whether your child is dealing with big feelings resulting from a divorce, the loss of a loved one, or a major health scare, spending time with animals can help them...
How to Throw a Pity Party When You’re Feeling Really Sorry for Yourself
Friends, sometimes life is hard. Sometimes you just think to yourself, “why me?” For a lot of us, it might go something like this: Everything SUCKS and I am so...
How Re-Evaluating my Core Beliefs Changed Everything
When I was younger, I spent a lot of time deferring to other people, telling myself it didn’t matter that much to me. While those individual choices didn’t matter that...