Knowing or suspecting that someone we care about is struggling with their mental health can feel like a difficult situation to navigate respectfully, but it doesn't have to be.
Four Myths About Emotions
There are numerous myths or misunderstandings about emotions that lead to people feeling they need to bottle everything up inside or not express themselves, but that can just lead to things building up inside of us over time. And what happens when something is held in and builds up and up and up? Eventually it explodes!
How to Support Your Stressed Teen
One topic that gets brought up a lot with me is "How do I deal with the stress?" Sometimes the stress comes from the amount of school work, from expectations around grades, from bullying, from planning for the future, or from anxiety. If a situation is causing harmful tension, emotional outbursts or avoidance in your child, those reactions might be coming about because of stress.