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As parents, we love and adore our kids. We want them to grow up to be healthy, happy and responsible adults. To that end, we instruct, challenge, direct our children ALL. Day. Long. The hard part is, kids don't understand this. Or the nuances between tone,...
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Two Minutes to a Better Day – Grounding Techniques
Grounding techniques help you distract and recenter when having anxiety or flashbacks. When we become anxious or triggered, our mind becomes focused on the trigger or memory. It tends to fill the mind, becoming overwhelming. Grounding techniques help us refocus on our...
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Two Minutes to a Better Day – Changing Our Thoughts
One of the most common thought distortions is catastrophic thinking. This is when we think about the worst case scenario and then react as if it is inevitable. This is our anxiety fooling us and the only way to avoid this pitfall is to try to change how you think...
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Two Minutes to a Better Day – Breathing Exercises
The blog that helps give tools to increase your coping skills and distress tolerance in the moment. Breathing Exercises Decrease Anxiety and Stress Breathing can change the mind, or the state of the mind. The scientific explanation for why it works is that there is a...
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