When Mother’s Day Hurts: A Guide to Support the Grieving

I’m just going to say it, Mother’s Day sucks for some people. As this day approaches each year, a familiar feeling creeps over me. It initially appears as irritability and fatigue, but eventually reveals itself as my old friend, grief. I lost my mom suddenly in 2005, and later became

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Distraction: The Secret to Co-Regulation During Meltdowns?

We’ve all heard the warnings: “Don’t distract your child from their feelings,” or “They must sit with their emotions to learn resilience.” As a trauma therapist and a mom myself, I found myself nodding along with these messages… until reality taught me otherwise and I learned the secret to co-regulation

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It’s Time to Rethink Supervised Visits with a New Approach

Introducing a New Approach to Supervised Visits When children enter foster or kinship care, they lose more than just their home and their parents. They also lose: Connection to their culture/religion/rituals A sense of belonging Their role in the family or community Friends, teachers, coaches, mentors Important items   …Which

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