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GRATITUDE

Posted under: W. Shackleford, Ways You Can Help Yourself

“Gratitude means thankfulness, counting your blessings, noticing simple pleasures, and acknowledging everything that you receive. It means learning to live your life as if everything were a miracle, and being aware on a continuous basis of how much you’ve been given.” (Fabrega, Marelisa, 2016.  http://www.thechangeblog.com).    Susan Krauss Whitbourne wrote “Giving Thanks: The Benefits of Gratitude, […]

Kids and Screen Time

Posted under: E. Bryant, Ways You Can Help Others

Information compiled by Erin Bryant, MSW, LISW from the book, Growing Up Social: raising relational kids in a screen-driven world by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane Struggling with the amount of screen time your children are getting? Feeling like they are on their phones, computers, tablets, or in front of the TV too often? Then the […]

Back to School and Back to Anxiety Part II

Posted under: M. Yaraschuk, Ways You Can Help Others

Back to School and Back to Anxiety Part II: 10 Ways to reduce back to school stress Amy Przeworski Ph.D.   New situations are difficult for many children. Going back to school is a filled with new situations—a new classroom, teacher, classmates, schedule, and responsibilities. Think about how anxious you would be about starting a […]

MINDFULNESS

Posted under: W. Shackleford, Ways You Can Help Yourself

According to John Kabat-Zinn, The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, “Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment.”  He states that “mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that there’s […]