Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This awareness month can be difficult for many survivors and suicide prevention advocates. The mental health community has often communicated half-truths, or misinformation related to suicide prevention. Many...
Gender Diversity In Tweens With Oak Reed, Ph.D.

Gender Diversity In Tweens With Oak Reed, Ph.D.

It’s a subject our kids are more knowledgeable and open-minded about than most of us adults are… Today we’re talking gender diversity.  Gender Identity develops around the age of 2-3, if not earlier. We’re observing others, we learn gender norms from society and our...
How To Talk To Your Kids About Adult Drinking

How To Talk To Your Kids About Adult Drinking

Talking to your kid about your own drinking behavior often asks you to get very vulnerable as a parent. Being vulnerable is important for us too, and that’s exactly what we do in today’s episode. We have an open and vulnerable conversation about how to do exactly...
Parenting Strategies When Kids Come Home From College

Parenting Strategies When Kids Come Home From College

It’s the holiday season! And that means that college kids are coming home for their long winter break. There will be excitement, there will be nervousness, even some anger probably. All the feels will come up for parents and kids alike. It’s an age-old problem. It’s...
Disordered Eating – Part 2: Be A Good Role Model

Disordered Eating – Part 2: Be A Good Role Model

The culture we live in is toxic. The way the media shows us we’re supposed to look, act, and feel, has a massive negative impact on our body image and also our kids’. With the huge increase in disordered eating we’re seeing throughout the pandemic, we’re starting this...