The Cure for the Afterschool Meltdowns

Liza Varvogli, Ph.D. Amy, an otherwise cheerful first grader, every time she comes home from school is sulking. “How was your day honey?”, mom asks “bad,” Amy answers and dashes in her room. “Hi Mat, how’s it going buddy?” Dad greets his 8-year-old second grader…

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The Best Relaxation Techniques for Children

Stress is a part of every child’s life – growing up in a complex and confusing world, fears, pressures, issues in the family, school issues, learning challenges, competition, friendships, frenemies, navigating social life, setting and achieving goals, every child has their unique combination of stressors…

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How to Be Successful in Anything you Do

So you want to be successful! That’s great. But maybe you are not sure. What should you be successful in? And how? The more you start wondering and questioning, the less action you take. And not taking action is equivalent to non-success. Not failure, necessarily, but…

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9 Impressive Reasons to Allow Yourself to Make Mistakes

“We learn from failure, not from success!” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula Mistakes are human and unavoidable. Period. That’s the first thing we need to realize and remind ourselves, not as an excuse, but as a truth that we need to accept, prepare for, and learn to…

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