Stress
Stress is a physical and emotional reaction that people experience as they encounter challenges in life. When you’re under stress, your body reacts by releasing hormones that produce the “fight-or-flight” response.
Emotions
“You Just Have to Try Harder and Show More Grit!”
How might our actions change if we are open to accepting that certain behaviors displayed by children and adolescents (and adults) are not rooted in laziness or a lack of trying but rather represent an often desperate attempt to avoid failure, humiliation, and emotional exhaustion in what is perceived to be a less than supportive environment?
Resilience: A Process and a Mindset
Our efforts to identify the features of a resilient mindset represent more than an academic exercise. We believe that the more precisely we can articulate these features, the more successfully we can develop strategies for nurturing this mindset and resilient behaviors in ourselves and in our children.
Mind and Body Approaches for Stress and Anxiety: What the Science Says
Relaxation techniques may be helpful in managing a variety of stress-related health conditions, including anxiety associated with ongoing health problems and in those who are having medical procedures. Evidence suggests that relaxation techniques may also provide some benefit on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and may help reduce occupational stress in health care workers. For some of these conditions, relaxation techniques are used as an adjunct to other forms of treatment.
Caring for Your Mental Health
Self-care means taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health. When it comes to your mental health, self-care can help you manage stress, lower your risk of illness, and increase your energy. Even small acts of self-care in your daily life can have a big impact.
Tenacity in Children: Nurturing The Seven Instincts for Lifetime Success
ADHD: Tenacity in Children – Nuturing the seven instincts for life time success.
Peer acceptance protects against negative outcomes for youth
How ADHD influences children’s development
Did you know that big and important changes are happening in the brain during adolescence? Here are 7 things to know about the teen brain:
Big and important changes are happening in the brain of adolescence.