Fall
21 Aug Back to School: 7 Simple Ways to Ease the Transition
The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning. Jiddu Krishnamurti The air is crisping up. The Halloween merchandise is on full display. We all know what that means...
03 Oct Seasonal Affective Disorder: 5 Signs That May Surprise You
October is a symphony of permanence and change. Bonaro W. Overstreet The temperatures are dropping. Summer suddenly feels like a distant memory. You don't feel sad. You don't think you're depressed. But you just feel...
08 Aug Your School-Year Survival Guide
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. Malcolm X Maybe you've already started anticipating the transition back to school. Or maybe you've been actively avoiding it. From household routines to new (and familiar) stressors to emotional demands...
01 Sep Seasonal Depression? Borrow These Tips from Summer
It's that time again...
25 Nov How To Practice Gratitude When You’re Not Feeling Grateful
gratitude Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie As we look around this week, the signs of Thanksgiving are all around. In home decor and grocery stores, on cooking shows and local newscasts. Everywhere we look, we're reminded...
29 Oct Self-Care for Kids: Helping Kids Learn to Treat Themselves
When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it's our job to share our calm, not join their chaos. L.R. Knost This week, the kids in your life likely have one type of "treat" on their minds. And that's not a bad thing! But, since Halloween only comes once...
03 Sep Do You Work with Students? Commit to 3 Things This Year
I am enough of a realist to understand that I can’t reach every child, but I am more of an optimist to get up every morning and try. Preston Morgan Maybe you see them safely to and from school each day. Maybe you're with them in the classroom....
27 Aug Heading to College? 3 Pieces of Advice
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid. Frederick Buechner Dorm supplies have been purchased. Good-byes have been said. Dr. Seuss has been quoted (and re-quoted) in cards and in person. You're off to college, kid! Now what? (NOTE: The following suggestions also apply to those heading...
20 Aug Back to School: 3 Keys to Preparing as a Family
You know the signs. The weather is changing. The email communication has begun. Unless you've been spending the summer unplugged on an uncharted island somewhere (in which case, good for you), you've felt this coming for awhile now. The excitement. The tears. The creeping feeling of dread that wakes you...
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