“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” -Anna Quindlen Would you like to be able to answer yes to the following questions? Would you like your partner to answer yes? Your children? Do you prefer to be organized and disciplined? Is […]
Uncovering Emotional Triggers or Where Did My Brain Just Go?
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.” -Victor Frankl Have you ever walked into your parents’ house as a mature adult and suddenly turned into a rebellious teenager? Or suddenly burst […]
Sleeping Your Way to Greater Health and Happiness
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” ~Irish Proverb Honestly answer the following questions: Do you have to set your alarm in order to wake up in the morning? Do you wake up your kids–before they would get up on their own–to be ready for school […]
Nature vs. Nurture: What Parents Should Know About Their Child’s Temperament
“Genes and family may determine the foundation of the house, but time and place determine its form.” -Jerome Kagan The debate about just how much of our behavior and personality is genetic vs. environmental, or nature vs. nurture, has raged on for the last hundred years. Twenty or thirty years ago, in an ongoing effort to […]
