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Do you ever have the thought “I’m not good enough”? Not the one that says “I haven’t yet acquired the skills to perform this task.” I...

We all want to feel peaceful and free. We all want to be the best version of ourselves, yet we tend to make the same mistakes time and...

We’ve all heard Einstein’s saying that we can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it. Similarly, we can’t create the...

What IS anxiety, REALLY? And why do we “get” anxiety in the first place? Living organisms are engineered and programmed for survival....

I am stupid, worthless, shameful, unlovable, undeserving, bad, not enough, damaged, powerless, inadequate, < insert belief >. If any of...

When we feel things we don’t want to feel, we try to push them aside (and sadly, we have been culturally programmed to view this as a...

Have you ever wondered why your child might be having trouble focusing for more than seconds at a time? Do you often think he’s...

Nobody knows exactly what is going on right now, or how long it will be going on for. It is unprecedented. That means a lot of things …...

Everywhere we turn, we hear about the Coronavirus. I don’t claim to understand the situation fully, but here is what I do get, and why I...

« Les élèves ne m’écoutent pas, ils parlent quand je parle, ils n’arrêtent pas quand je leur demande, ils se lèvent n’importe quand, ils...

Events don’t traumatize us. They also don’t cause us to become anxious. It’s the meaning we attach to those events that does – the...

To help a toddler in the throes of a tantrum, or a child in the agony of sheer panic, it is crucial to understand what is happening to...

If you haven’t done so already, you may want to start by reading Tantrum Management – Or Helping a Child Out of Panic. Increasing Safety...

A few years ago, I knew a man. He was part of a man’s world. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science. He studied Probabilistic Reasoning in...

Dr. Laura Markham, clinical psychologist specializing in child development and parenting, without who I have NO idea how I would do this...

We love our children and want them to “be good”. So when they “misbehave”, we want to “teach them a lesson”. We want the consequence to...

Why me first? I can’t help you breathe if I’m not breathing. Keeping in mind that the way our children treat us is a reflection of the...

Everywhere I turn, political views are being expressed. Some share their surprise, their discouragement, their anger, their fears, their...

I suffered with debilitating anxiety for many years. For the first few years (it really set in at 15 years old), I received a diagnosis...