Month: July 2025
Talking About Suicide with Your Child: Age-by-Age Advice for Parents
Age Appropriate Emotional Coaching Strategies for Suicidal Children and Teens(C-SSRS) Hearing your child say, “I wish I were dead,” is heartbreaking. Whether it’s a passing comment or a sign of deeper distress, your response matters. This guide helps parents talk with their children in age-appropriate ways, validate emotions, and know when to seek professional help. Read more
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Do Alpha-GPC Pouches Really Work? Science Reveals the Truth
Alpha-GPC pouches are gaining popularity as a convenient, stimulant-packed option for boosting focus, motivation, and energy. Marketed as nootropic-enhancing “chews” or “pouches,” they often contain Alpha-GPC, a well-researched compound known for its cognitive benefits. But here’s the real question: do these pouches actually work? And what does science have to say? What Is Alpha-GPC? Alpha-GPC Read more
Read MoreThe Ultimate Guide to Self-Care Skills for Healing and Balance
This guide offers a comprehensive collection of therapeutic self-care skills organized into key domains: physical grounding, emotional processing, mindfulness and cognitive strategies, social and relational connection, sleep and rest, and spiritual/environmental awareness. Each skill includes clear step-by-step instructions, a description of its impact on the brain, and an overview of its emotional regulation benefits. You Read more
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The Ultimate Self-Care Library for Kids: 90+ Skills to Calm, Focus, and Feel Better
Welcome to the Self-Care Library! ✨ Hi there! This is your very own Self-Care Library, a special place full of awesome tools to help you feel better, stay calm, and take care of your brain and body. Below, you’ll see different topics like feelings, movement, calming down, and more. Just click on the little arrows Read more
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Why You Wake Up at 2–3 AM, and How to Fall Back Asleep Fast
What you do in those first 10 minutes after waking up can either help or sabotage your ability to fall back asleep. In this article, you will learn what to do and what not to do during the day and in the moments of that early morning wake-up. Have you ever found yourself suddenly wide Read more
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What You Say Becomes Who They Are: Why Positive Words Shape Your Child’s Future
On an average day, are you saying more positive or negative things to your children? The words we speak become the inner voice our children carry into adulthood. A daily pattern of criticism or correction, without enough warmth and encouragement, can shape a future filled with self-doubt, anxiety, and disconnection. But it doesn’t have to Read more
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Approaching Anxiety in Kids: A Parenting Guide for Every Age (0–18)
From conception through age 18, this guide offers age-specific emotional coaching strategies and parenting tools to help your child manage anxiety, build emotional intelligence, and form a strong, secure attachment with you. Anxiety rarely begins in adulthood; it often takes root much earlier, shaped by how a child’s emotions are acknowledged, how relationships are modeled, Read more
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Grieving? Use This Powerful Letter Writing Method to Heal and Reconnect
Healing Through Letters Grief has many voices. Sometimes it screams, sometimes it whispers, and often it hides behind silence. One powerful and compassionate way to begin healing is through writing a letter to the person you’ve lost, and then writing a letter back from their voice. This isn’t just an exercise in imagination; it’s a Read more
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5 Proven Tools to Calm Anxiety Naturally—Backed by Research
Ever lie in bed with your mind racing, worrying about bills, relationships, or what you said earlier that day? You’re not alone. Anxiety has become one of the most common mental health struggles in the U.S., often showing up as overthinking, tightness in the chest, irritability, or exhaustion you just can’t shake. But anxiety is Read more
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How to Outsmart Daylight Saving Time: A 14-Day Sleep Adjustment Plan That Works
Each year, nearly every American is affected by the start or end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) …with the exception of residents in Hawaii, most of Arizona, and U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. For everyone else, this seemingly small one-hour shift can leave you groggy, grumpy, and disoriented. Keep reading Read more
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