I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “coping skills.” You might even have heard it in reference to your child’s behaviors: “She just needs some coping skills.” A coping skill is an action, something your child does to feel better in the moment. Especially when your child can’t change or get rid of whatever’s causing her stress, […]

Do you find that your child struggles with handling the daily stresses that comes her way? Does she always seem on the brink of tears, or ready to fly off the handle, if her day isn’t going the way she’d like it to? You may have an emotionally overwhelmed child on your hands. Your child […]

Self-care is important. Having a healthy relationship with yourself helps you to have healthier relationship with others, as well as model healthy relationships for your children. In last week’s post you read about why self-care is so important. Now that I have you on board with practicing self-care, you’re probably thinking “But how do I […]

The holiday season is stressful; I totally feel you! At a time when parents and children alike want to have the most fun and feel the least stressed, the holiday season is the season where stress for parents and children exponentially increases. We all have different ways of communicating our stress level to others. For […]

I get stressed sometimes. I’ll be the first to admit it. I have a handful of things I like to do to cope. I’m a people person so most of my coping involves talking to people.But when my mom is busy shopping, my friends are working, and my husband’s taking a nap, sometimes I just […]