For many kids and teenagers, playing sports becomes a big part of their life and even their identity. Knowing that anxiety and depression can increase during intense training periods, it’s important to know as a parent how to support your child’s mental health....
Did you know that, in the United States, emergency room visits for suicide attempts by adolescent girls in early 2021 rose 51% compared to the same period in 2019? There’s a serious mental health crisis going on for kids and adolescents. As therapists, we’ve known...
Listen on Apple!!! Listen on Spotify!!! 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...
Today’s important topic is not only for moms to be, as many people might think. As we’re taking a deep dive into post partum anxiety and depression with Kayla Hayes, it becomes clear that the knowledge that’s being shared today is important for both moms and dads....
We expect our kids to listen but they expect the same thing from us. And even though we might feel like we’re listening to them, to our kids it can feel like we’re not. The issue here is not that we’re not good listeners, it’s probably more that we’re not good...
This week I wrote a quick post titled, The Active and Connected Summer – The Joy Must Continue! If you didn’t have a chance to read it, here’s the short version… I was reflecting on the joyful fun of the summer and how in the midst of our annual return to the very...
