Brené Brown is a researcher with a strong social justice framework. For the past decade she has focused her research on shame and shame resiliency. She is also an engaging writer and has written several books. Daring Greatly was released in September of 2017 and includes all her research to-date, including a new area around […]
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Written in a way that is entirely accessible to teens, Karen Bluth has done a beautiful job of adapting exercises in self-compassion and mindfulness specifically for the needs of teens. The book is organized into 4 sections. Each section contains several activities to try, including art activities, guided meditations with mp3 downloads available, and reflection
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Do you sometimes look at your partner and wonder when things shifted? Elly Taylor’s research out of Australia shows that when couples come in for counseling and are asked, “When did things change?” The answer is almost always: “When we had kids.” Having children shifts our relationships with ourselves, our partners, and every other major
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Parenting is full of contradictions. It is fulfilling and draining, exhilarating and exhausting, joyful and challenging. I can go on and on, but you get the idea. And if you’re living it I’m sure you could add plenty of your own descriptors to the list. One of the biggest challenges in parenting is the pressures
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I love this mem. Navigating social values and niceties as parents can be challenging. We want to teach our children to be kind, considerate human beings. To say please and thank you, to show gratitude when someone does something for them, and to do kind things for others. We also want to teach them to
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Talking to the mother of one of my clients who identifies as transgender today, she shared a powerful statement she recently learned – being in it vs with it. As a mother, she is with her daughter on her journey. Only her daughter is in it. It strikes me that this is true of so many experiences we have in life.
Appreciation has been coming up as a theme in my sessions with families. Each family member wants to be seen and validated. Who doesn’t? In busy family life, it’s easy to get caught up in all that needs to get done and forget to show our appreciation. Parents do a lot, and they do it
My daughter’s most frequent request these days is, “sing.” Followed repeatedly by, “more.” Anytime we are nursing, walking, cuddling, driving – basically anytime we are not engaged in active play – she wants me to sing. And she revels in telling me “no,” sometimes 15 times in a row, until I hit on a song
The title of a very sweet board book my aunt gifted us with last summer. I remember when she gave it to us, she said it caught her eye because every child needs plenty of nonsense in their lives. True that. The more I read this book, the more I fall in love with it.
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A friend shared this blog with me today, one person’s reflection on national allegiance and how countries choose to remember or release the darker parts of their histories. It’s beautifully written and offers parallels to our own country’s current choices. This quote from the German constitution speaks to so much: Human dignity is inviolable … All persons are equal