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Passionate parenting begins with a vision
January 16, 2014
[Published by MomClick Utah and The Daily Herald here.] Imagine for a moment that when you were recently taking down your Christmas tree, you found one last present. It was hidden behind the tree. Your…
Mindfulness: Teaching Children to Love Their Bodies Through Yoga
January 06, 2014
By Laura Harper, CSW If you have ever watched a four-month old reach for her toes or stretch on her belly, or a three-year old running across the grass and falling in ecstatic giggling, or…
How to bring your children joy
December 14, 2013
[Published by MomClick Utah and The Daily Herald here] Giving — “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” -Mark Twain I have a friend whose parents took…
How to help your anxious child be more assertive
November 30, 2013
[Published by MomClick Utah and The Daily Herald here] The other day, I heard a grandfather talk about a phone call he received from his daughter. She told him how his elementary school grandson had…
Anxiety: Why Humans Experience Anxiety
November 15, 2013
Below is a funny little video I found about Mindfulness. When I show it to my clients, they just smile because they know the “science guy” is talking about them. Some of us think and…
Be yourself!
November 04, 2013
I love this quote. I found it recently by reading Brené Brown’s “The Gift of Imperfection.” She quotes E.E. Cummings and she talks about the need to be authentic and how we need to embrace…
CBT Trumps Antipsychotic for Augmentation, Amending Current Guidelines
October 31, 2013
An Update from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health): Exposure / Ritual Prevention Therapy Boosts Antidepressant Treatment of OCD This is another study that confirms Exposure and Ritual Prevention (a specific form of cognitive…
OCD & Perfectionism
October 18, 2013
[View original article published in Psych Central here] Patty was feeling frustrated and depressed. No matter what she tried, she felt she was stuck. As a young child, she remembers she would come unglued if…
If you have a mental illness, don’t be embarrassed!
October 11, 2013
October 10th was designated as Mental Health Day. Every day is a mental health day for me when I see my clients try to make their life better despite their suffering. If you suffer with…
How to Make Stress Your Friend
September 23, 2013
I r ecently discovered a talk given by Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist. Her topic was stress. I felt validated as I have been telling my clients who experience stress to make it their friend.…
Some Quick Parenting Lessons for the Duchess of Cambridge
August 29, 2013
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7 Ways to Help Your Anxious Child
August 27, 2013
When children are afraid about the unknown (new school, new grade, new house, etc), how do you handle it? Do you reassure them and say, “it’ll be okay, don’t worry about it” or do you…
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