“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -Andre Gide What do things like asking loved ones for advice, reading stacks of self-help books, taking classes, searching for a good therapist, or hours of web-searching all have in common? You probably guessed it. There is something the […]
Are You a Good Loser?
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” -Vince Lombardi In less than a week, on Election Day in America, there will winners and losers galore. Many people will […]
10 Tips to Help My Child Overcome Fears and Phobias
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” -Eleanor Roosevelt We know from the previous blog that a certain amount of […]
Does Your Toddler Tweet? Protecting Young Kids on the Internet
Did you know that more than half of kids aged 6 to 9 now use some kind of children’s social network? Or that 47% talk to their friends on the Internet? And that 14% are on Facebook in spite of the fact that they are underage? To top off these startling revelations of a new study is […]
Warning to Parents: Do Your Kids Suffer from Nature-Deficit Disorder?
“They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum. Then they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them. Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve lost ’til it’s gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” […]
Confronting the Fear of Change
“I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction.” -John Steinbeck I have loved this quote for thirty years and a few others like it. I think it’s essential to have a touchstone to hold onto during times of rapid and radical change. Given how easy it is, in the face […]
