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Today’s kids are immersed in a laundry list of activities and classes even before they reach school-age. As a parent, you want to give your child the best advantage in life as possible. However, over-scheduling and over-stimulating your child may be hindering his intelligence rather than helping him. Free play is critical to your child’s development. Many

When your child experiences the loss of a loved one, life for him will never the same again. In my last blog post, I shared the stages of grief, and how your child sees and experiences life after such great loss. Now, you, the parent, must be honest with your grieving child, being mindful to

When your child experiences the loss of a loved one – whether a grandparent, parent, sibling, friend, or teacher – he can become detached from his feelings, in a sense, out of time. The worst has happened and, in his mind, nothing can restore a state of normalcy again. Since bereavement is a particular kind

Hot flashes. Mood swings. Depression. Memory Loss. Vaginal dryness. Loss of libido. Bladder problems. At first glance, menopause may seem like an awful, overwhelmingly negative life change. Yet despite the laundry list of negatives, there are positive compensations that occur with this mid-life crisis. As your body and mind transforms in relation to your hormonal

Have you ever been in a fight with a friend, lover, or spouse, and found yourself becoming angry and out of control? Saying things in the heat of battle, which you wish you could take back? There is a way to avoid losing your temper and projecting out onto your spouse your own reactive behavior.