Motivate Your Child: Stop Saying, “You’re so smart!” 3 Better Ways to Praise Kids
You’re so smart!” “You’re so creative!” “You’re so . . . [insert convenient, but possibly damaging description here]” The other day during a frantic scramble…
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Child Anxiety Explained via Infographic: “Mommy, Why Do I Worry So Much?”
At some point, children with anxiety want to understand why they are suffering from persistent worry. Try walking your child through this infographic. Kids love…
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Anxious Child? A Better Way to Talk to The Anxious Mind
“What if I don’t get asked to the dance?” “What if you run out of gas and can’t pick me up from school?”“What if we…
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8 One-Minute Anxiety Relief Tools for Kids Big and Small
It took me over two decades of dealing with chronic worry to learn there is no one-size-fits-all-magic-pill solution for anxiety. I’ve also learned, however, there are…
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Defusing Your Child’s Anxiety with 1 Question
Sixth grade history was a tough subject for me. Anytime Mr. Brown asked a question, I desperately averted my eyes or doodled in my notebook…
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Child Anxiety Relief Technique from The Pilot of A Plane?
One of the most powerful techniques to manage child anxiety is something I learned from a man named Chesley. Chesley loved planes. The first time…
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Decrease Anxiety in Kids By Closing the Compassion Gap
“It’s thin,” she said with a barely perceptible crack in her voice. I was on the phone with Jilly, my best friend from high school….
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Dealing with Child Anxiety? 9 Things You Can Try
As all the kids line up to go to school, your son, Timmy, turns to you and says, “I don’t want to take the bus….
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Relieving Childhood Anxiety – A True Story
As a child, I was what some might call, “anal.” I was a perfectionist at home. I hated any disorder around me, anything I could…
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Childhood Anxiety: What you need to know
One in five children will suffer from depression before their 18th birthday. Suicide rates are unacceptably high amongst our youth today, the saddest part being…
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Heal Your Broken Heart using New Research on Self-Compassion
When we see someone else, our child or a friend, suffering from a broken heart, we know exactly what to do for them. We know that…
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An Invaluable Social and Emotional Learning Lesson: Filling in Thought Holes
“I didn’t get invited to Craig’s party . . . I’m such a loser.” “I missed the bus . . . nothing ever goes my…
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Anxiety Among Children is Contagious
Children are highly influenced by their friends and peers. Children who socialize with aggressive and disruptive children may find themselves acting out in the same…
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Is Your Child’s Anxiety Just a Phase?
Nearly all children have anxiety at some point in their lives. But when does a little anxiety become an anxiety disorder? When does it shift…
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Effectiveness of Social Anxiety Therapy Can Be Predicted by Brain Scans
Good news for the estimated 15 million people suffering from social anxiety. A new study led by MIT researchers suggests that brain scans can help…
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Depression and Dementia: Is there a Link?
Is depression an early sign of dementia? Is it an emotional response to losing cognitive abilities? Or is depression a risk factor for dementia? In…
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Anxiety Increases Risk of Sick Leave At Work
People call in sick to work for many reasons. They may be hungover, burnt out, taking an impromptu road trip or even legitimately sick. But…
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Anxiety in Children causes 5 Common Thinking Distortions
If your child suffers from anxiety it may be due to one or more thinking distortions. Thinking distortions are just that, distortions in our thoughts…
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Depressed? Go Take a Hike!
Nature is gorgeous to look at, but new research shows that nature has a lot more to offer people than its aesthetic appeal. Nature can…
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Moms Who Are Anxious Increase their Child’s Chance of Developing Anxiety
According to a study at the Centre for Emotional Health at Macquarie University, mothers who are anxious increase their child’s chance of developing anxiety. In the study,…
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Anxious Men Father Anxious Daughters
According to a study of mice at Tufts University and published in Biological Psychiatry, women with anxiety may have their fathers to blame. When men are exposed…
