Depression and Affluence
We know that a sense of self worth is critical to the human psyche, why do we miss this so often when it comes to depressed children (especially affluent ones)?
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Twice Exceptional
17 posts
The Inconvenient Child
Shifting from feeling like a victim of circumstance to empowered parenting.
Why I Gave Up on Education
I no longer expend energy on the education system in the United States. Read on to understand why.
Be Kind to Your Future Self
Caring for yourself includes caring for the you that will exist tomorrow.
Compassion
Compassion is what is critical to being OK, and there is science to prove it.
What’s It Like to be Twice Exceptional?
A simple definition of twice exceptional would be a person who is both gifted in some manner and challenged in another.
Parenting is Hard. Suffering is Optional.
It’s about parenting, not about how to handle children. Become the best version of yourself, become the parent you really want to be. This book is useful to parents of all ages, or if you ever happened to have had parents…
The Emotions Workout
Intense emotions can feel wonderful or awful. Processing them is critical to our physical and mental health. Rarely do people explain how to process emotions. Here is a workout designed to really move emotions and reduce intensity.
Guilt – The Parent Trap
I have noticed in my work and my own life that guilt seems to be ever present in the lives of parents, especially parents whose children are not thriving in…
The Christmas Card Fallacy
I am not a huge fan of Christmas cards, Happy New Year cards, or any type of card anyone sends to convey an image of their wonderful life. I’m okay…