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Instead of New Year's resolutions, start and stick with 'Tiny Habits' : Life Kit Want to start a new habit? Think small. That's the counterintuitive idea in BJ Fogg's book, Tiny Habits. Fogg explains that making small behavior changes requires just a little motivation and lots of celebrating — and can lead to big change.

Great article! Highly recommend Lyubomirsky’s “The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want”

How to make this winter not totally suck, according to psychologists This one idea may help you conquer the dread of pandemic winter.

Links for Families This site has many resources to assist parents and students with questions about mental health, community mental health options, special education programs and services and much more. We hope you find this helpful. If you need additional information or a referral to a private, local mental ...

5 irrational thinking patterns that could be dragging you down — and how to start challenging them If you’d like to see the ways your mind is leading you astray, it’s not enough to look at what you’re thinking. You need to examine how you’re thinking, too. Psychologist Joan Rosenberg names five …

Gratitude Messages, Letters and Lists (+ 23 More Practices) Gratitude messages are, put simply, expressions of appreciation. For example, one form of a gratitude message is simply saying ‘thank you’.

Got Anger? Try Naming It To Tame It While many people believe that how we feel and express anger is hard-wired, some scientists suggest our experience and culture help shape it. One way to get a handle on it may be to personalize it.

6 must-read books to help you answer big questions about yourself Why in the world did I do that? How can I do better? Chances are you’ve asked yourself these questions at least once today. To understand how your mind works and how you can improve your deci…

Creating Your Family Mission Statement: Why It Matters (and how to do it) Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with the amazing parents and teachers in the Big Life Journal - Raising Kids with a Growth Mindset Facebook group. Their dedication to raising their children in a prosocial collaborative manner with a positive mindset was inspiring. We spoke of the inherent valu...

Self-Regulation Self-Regulation Definition Self-regulation refers to the self exerting control over itself. In particular, self-regulation consists of deliberate efforts by the self to alter its own states and respo

7 Great Benefits of Mindfulness in Positive Psychology Mindfulness is a branch of positive psychology that has numerous proven benefits. In this article we focus on 7 core benefits on both the body and brain.

How to Be a Resilient Parent Children learn more from what you do than what you say, so your resilience—the way they watch you approach adversity—affects theirs. Explore these mindful strategies for building awareness around challenging experiences.

What is Family Therapy and What Are Its Goals And Benefits? What is Family Therapy? Family therapy (or 'family counseling') focuses on solving major problems that prevent a family from functioning in a normal and healthy way.

There are many reasons why gratitude is such a desirable quality, aside from its inherent goodness. As we recently wrote in a piece on the benefits of gratitude, performing simple daily acts of gratitude can have a big impact on your health and happiness. Find out more on: http://bit.ly/2on5gPr

Autism and Accountability: How to Know When to Hold an Autistic Child Accountable Autism and Accountability It can be really tough to determine those things for which it is okay to hold someone accountable. It can be especially difficult in relationships between autists and neuortypical folks -

From our colleague Bruce Perry...this is the premise of our trauma-informed expressive arts therapy model/courses, from lower [sensory/kinesthetic] to middle [emotion/perception/relationship] to higher [cognition] brain.

50 Questions To Ask Your Kids Instead Of Asking “How Was Your Day” Now that we have a new baby in our home, time with my oldest girls (ages 8 and 6) is even more difficult to find. Between constant nursing sessions and shuffling kids to and from activities, it& #82…

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