What is Night Eating Syndrome and How Can You Cope with It?
It’s 1:38 in the morning. You’re eyes are wide open, staring into the darkness. A long sigh. You’ve been tossing and turning for the past 15 minutes, unable to get back to sleep. As it so often happens, you finally sit up, swing your legs out of bed, and make your way to the kitchen.…
Read MoreLook for the Signs that College Pressures have Overwhelmed Your Child
Her smile faded as her daughter’s car pulled out of the driveway. The woman closed the front door with a long sigh. It had been a hectic morning. Her daughter had overslept once again. Rushing to get dressed and out of the house to head to college, her child had managed to hurriedly eat a…
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolutions: How to Make Them AND Keep Them!
Often people make New Year’s resolutions to change specific aspects of their lives, starting out enthusiastically and with much hope, only to end up failing to reach their goal. The end of the matter turns out worse for them than the beginning. Their failure leaves them frustrated and disheartened, increasing their anxieties rather than alleviating…
Read MoreADHD Treatment: Why Medication is not the Only Solution
ADHD Treatment. “I think your kid might have ADHD,” is an all too common response when someone notices that a child has trouble settling down and perhaps can’t seem to focus well. Often that statement is followed by: “You should really have them tested and get them on some medication.” Quickly resorting to treating a…
Read MoreTake These Steps to Cope with Depression and the Holidays
Cope with Depression. It seems like there’s nothing but happy endings during the holidays – at least on TV or in the movies. In your life, though, that rosy picture may be far from reality. Just the thought of a bunch of annoying relatives flooding your house might send you into a depressive down-spiral. There’s…
Read MoreLack of Sleep & Behavior Problems: What’s the Link & How can You Help?
Lack of Sleep & Behavior Problems: What’s the Link & How can You Help? Frazzled, you enter the living room with yet another snack because your preschooler is still hungry. You stop in your tracks as you find him lying spread across his toys in the corner, sleeping. With a sigh of relief, you collapse…
Read More7 Ways to Help Your Child Overcome Bullying
Help Your Child Overcome Bullying. Has your child become the victim of a bully? – Immediate action is needed! Bullying is a wide-spread problem, and it’s not to be taken lightly. Your child is facing the difficult challenge of trying to maintain emotional balance under great pressure, and she cannot do this alone. How can…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Using Natural Consequences to Discipline Your Teen
The Benefits of Using Natural Consequences to Discipline Your Teen. Natural consequences are an effective disciplining tool with long-term benefits. They work specifically well for teenagers because they are at the age where their ability to reason is much more developed than that of a young child. Teens can see the direct outcome – positive…
Read MoreParenting a Strong-Willed Child? Take These Steps to Success
Parenting a Strong-Willed Child. As if they were a character from the novel Black Beauty, some parents seem to discuss their children as if they were unruly horses in need of a serious, Victorian-era “breaking.” Just like horses, strong-willed children can be difficult to raise properly. But with care and effort, not only can you…
Read MoreLearn Ways To Help Your Child Deal with Grief and Loss
Help Your Child Deal with Grief and Loss. Death is a fact of life. Each and every one of us is touched by grief and loss. By the time we reach adulthood, we’ve built up a series of coping frameworks we can use to help us make our way through the complex feelings a death…
Read MoreTechnology Addiction and Your Teen: Is There a Problem?
Technology Addiction and Your Teen. “Internet addiction disorder,” along with other sorts of technology addiction, is not currently listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as an official addiction. Researchers say further study needs to be conducted before an official definition can be agreed upon. With that said, many behaviors around technology…
Read MoreOvercoming Anxiety and Worry with Mindfulness
Overcoming Anxiety and Worry with Mindfulness In Pali, the term is sati; in Sanskrit, it’s smrti. British scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids translated this as mindfulness. Sati is literally translated as “memory,” but it’s rarely used alone. It appears constantly in the phrase “mindful and thoughtful” and generally refers to a presence of mind which…
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