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What frightens you this halloween?
Kids love to be scary, and be scared, on Halloween. Dressing up as witches, monsters and ghosts; helping to decorate the front of the house with spider webs; fashioning odd grimaces on pumpkins – all of these allow them to manage their levels of fear. When you are the one in charge of creating the spooky environment, it doesn’t seem so bad after all and when you can control it, you have a feeling of power and satisfaction. Maybe that’s why Americans spend so much money on Halloween, second only … Continue reading
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Tagged aging parents, anxiety, coping, family, fears, frighten, Halloween, information, kids, money, resources, scary, strengths, stress
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Shift Your Focus to Minimize Anxiety
In this day and age, we’ve all got a lot of balls in the air, trying to balance family with work and still carve out a little time for ourselves. So how do you follow your heart and not spend your life fulfilling someone else’s dreams? Until you discover that, anxiety may very well be a constant companion. Stay in the moment. Anxiety can make you feel bad about yourself. Don’t beat yourself up about the mistakes you’ve made. Keep in mind that you are human and no one is … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, deep breathing, emotions, family, internal strength, mistakes, relaxation, stressors, work
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Slow Down to Reduce Anxiety
Are you in the midst of a fast paced lifestyle, struggling with racing thoughts and sleepless nights? If all consuming fear makes you feel hyper vigilant and like your mind is constantly on red alert, join the crowd. There has been more than a 1000% increase in the diagnosis of anxiety over the past 30 years. Beginning early on, we all experience periods of anxiety, and different issues can cause it to recur periodically throughout our lives. Think about the separation anxiety when young children start kindergarten, physical and social … Continue reading
How Kids Respond to Violence
I am just back from a three generation family vacation, five grandsons ages 6-11, and I had a front row seat watching the boys sing rap songs, climb mountains, tease each other. No little guys anymore. With the older ones almost as tall as I am, and knowing the vulnerability that comes with adolescence, I have concerns. How do we keep growing kids emotionally safe as they become interested in the world around them, especially when the news reports regularly cover mass murders, war casualties, and terror alerts? Studies show … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, adolescence, anxiety, emotionally safe, family vacation, neglect, post traumatic stress, reframe ideas, security, terror alerts, trauma
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