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The Necessity of Emotional Regulation
By Deepak Santhiraj, Licensed Clinical Social Worker In our societal context, we can scarcely go a day without creating an emotional response as part of our daily experience. Emotions can have a wide range of expression and intensity and simultaneously describe a spectrum of life’s experiences. Happiness, sadness, gratitude, anger, shame, guilt and fear are just a few of the universal experiences of human emotion. They can be responsible for [...]
5 Ways To Help Your Child Make the New School Transition
Think back to your first day at a new school. All the kids were so much bigger than you. You didn’t know where anything was. In short, it was all really scary. And that’s doubly true if you just moved to town and didn’t know anyone in the building. In those times of chaos and uncertainty, your kids need stability in their lives. That’s where you come in. After those [...]
Overcoming Challenges in Perfectionism
As college students are entering their campuses either for the first time or returning back to their post-secondary aspirations, recent studies are confirming that young people are embracing more perfectionistic tendencies within the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom than ever before. With collected data from over 41,000 college students on the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, three areas of perfectionism were highlighted to be impacting students’ mood and behavior overall. [...]
Reminders for Your Teenager (and You) Before their First Date
Ah, young love. It’s a wonderful time filled with butterflies, hormones and almost unbelievable awkwardness. Wow. I’m thankful I aged out of it a long time ago, and I’m thankful my kids have nearly made it out as well. Whether your kids are in the midst of dating for the first time or you’re here to prepare for the inevitable, you should know that it’s not easy to be the [...]
Thinking Before You Speak
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GZlQY2zi96U We’ve all said something in the moment that we’ve immediately regretted. Whether or not you believe in the teachings of the Bible, James 1:19 contains sage advice: “Be quick to listen. Slow to speak. And slow to become angry.” It’s our tendency to do the opposite, but if you can pause and think before you speak, you’ll have much less regret afterward.
Stay Calm with These 3 Proven Anger Management Techniques
“I’m so triggered right now.” Spend some time around the younger generation and you’ll probably hear them say this phrase eventually. Translation: You’ve offended me. You hurt my feelings. I’m angry. It’s sometimes said sarcastically and its overuse tends to cause us gray-haired grownups to roll our eyes, but “I’m triggered” is surprisingly apt. We all get angry for different reasons, but our anger has one thing in common: the [...]