How to Manage Stress: Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks
During this time of year, it is normal and common to feel an increased level of stress. Some things that can contribute to this include the holidays, finals at school, deadlines at work, and traveling to see family. While a low level of stress can be healthy to accomplish tasks, projects, and assignments, high levels of […]
Is Thanksgiving Good For Your Teen’s Well-Being?
It’s a wonderful time of the year. Thanksgiving. One of my favorite holidays. It means lots of family around the dinner table. It means terrific food that we only eat once a year. It means different pies for an unlimited dessert. It means watching the NFL all day. And for teens, it means a long weekend of […]
It’s 2021: Time to Reunite With Your Teen
New reports say teens are now spending 9 hours of their awake time consuming media. For tweens, the average daily screen time is 4 hours and 44 minutes. For teens, that number spikes to 7 hours and 22 minutes. These numbers are reported by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit focused on helping children, parents and […]
How to Talk to Someone Going Through a Hard Time
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… … Except when you have the winter blues, the pandemic has disrupted your lifestyle, and you’re feeling lonely, sad, or anxious. Even though it’s common to feel sad around the holidays, it doesn’t make it any less challenging to deal with, or even talk about. Looking at […]
31 Mental Health Hacks to Relieve Your Holiday Anxiety
Anxiety. It’s a totally natural, normal, expected response to the dizzying blur of activities that happen each holiday season. Of course, that doesn’t make it any less painful or convenient. But with an arsenal of grounding exercises under your belt, you can bring down your anxiety to a manageable level before the point of no […]
7 Tips for Keeping Happiness in the Holidays
The holiday season is upon us once again. You might find yourself balancing your time between schoolwork, spending time with friends, hanging out with family, and maybe even attending a holiday gathering or two. At some point, you might start feeling a little stressed out from: Overscheduling, overindulging, and overspending Too much time with family […]
A Parent’s Guide to Teen Mental Health and COVID
2020 is over and it has been challenging for most of us. But we also need to shed light on the silent sufferers: our youth, especially our teens. Not too long ago, I was approached by a parent whose child’s friend spoke about committing suicide and wished they had never been born. The child is […]
It’s Holiday Season… A Stressful Season for Teens, Too
We’re all aware of adult depression and suicide during the holiday season. Numbers are always off the charts and way too high. But are you also aware of how the holiday season affects teens? Especially during this COVID-19 period when socialization and friendship for teens is at an all-time low, we must not forget […]
7 Tips for How to Thrive—Not Just Survive—this Holiday Season
Lots of people love fall, and it’s easy to see why. Cozy sweaters, the smell of sweet cinnamon and burning firewood, and the crisp autumn air on a chilly morning all prompt us that fall is here and the pace of life is slowing down for some time. But others may start to feel a […]
5 Tips for Surviving the Holidays with Divorced Parents
You can usually tell that the holidays are coming in a few different ways… … You might see twinkle lights wrapped around a row of trees on your street. … Maybe your neighbor’s menorah recently appeared in their front window. … And if you’re lucky, you might spot a neighbor’s dog in a red-and-green sweater […]
