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- How to Teach Children Gratitude - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Katrina Holgate MillerIt is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment. . . Naomi Williams How was your child’s day? Worrywart Wallace noticed that by 5:30 pm, it was already dark. He was sure his parents would make him go to bed early. Picked-on Pamela noticed that Mrs. Clark gave her the ...
Views: 1063(2 votes) - How to Win the Battle against Excessive Behaviors - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2011 from Katrina Holgate MillerThe very nature of a holiday . . . is excess; the holiday mood is brought about by the release of what is otherwise forbidden . . .Sigmund Freud This is the season for excessive behavior Holiday celebrations at the year’s end entice us to eat more food; spend more money, and drink more ...
Views: 816 - Five Tips to Help you Stay Depressed or Anxious - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Katrina Holgate MillerDepression and anxiety are the two categories of mood disorders. Generally speaking, people who are “depressed” are downhearted or blue; they find little pleasure in life; and they go in slow-motion; they want to isolate. People who are anxious are in a state of alarm—they are worried or ...
Views: 753 - How to Help Children with Social Needs - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Katrina Holgate MillerStacy was frustrated that Josh, her 10-year-old, was always being rejected by his peers at school. Josh’s behaviors around his peers could easily earn him rejection; but still, it hurt Stacy because she knew that it hurt Josh. During dance instruction, he spit on a girl because she didn’t want ...
Views: 648 - Teach Your Children Effective Social Skills - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Katrina Holgate MillerTeach Children Effective Social Skills: Using Workbooks for Ages 9-12 Workbooks can provide parents with instant expertise about social skills. The parent can adapt the workbook to the learning style of the child. Children who are independent learners may enjoy doing the workbook on their ...
Views: 783 - What to Do When Others Hurt You - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Katrina Holgate MillerWhat Do You Do When You Are Invalidated? Invalidation tends to trip some switch in our souls that lead us to reach into our bag of nastiness. Have you ever blamed, cursed, cried, shouted, or did something that you understood would create pain for the person who has invalidated you? Just as ...
Views: 986 - Recovery and Mental Health - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Katrina Holgate MillerHave you ever awakened in a terror, only to realize that the horrifying fate you had just witnessed was only a nightmare? How would life be different if nightmares were real? Perhaps there would be no more tomorrows, where you could continue to live with those you love and continue to do what ...
Views: 732 - How to Deal with Emotionally Explosive People - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2011 from Katrina Holgate MillerDo you have a relationship with an explosive person? Which of these survival strategies works the best for you? 1. Try to intimidate them so they’ll leave you alone. 2. Try to defend yourself. 3. Take the moral high ground and insist you are right and the explosive person is ...
Views: 1763 - Nurturing Curiosity in Children increases the Meaningfulness of Life - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerNurturing Curiosity in Children increases the Meaningfulness of Life? A startling “BOOM” rocked the neighborhood, and sent thick glass flying every direction. The two fifteen-year-olds scientists inside the exploded outbuilding-turned-laboratory struggled to reorient. Their stunned “what ...
Views: 1428(1 vote) - How to Build a Support System: Start With Your Kith - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerDo you have kith? Dictionary.com defines “kith” as “acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.” Your need your kith and your kith need you. Human beings necessarily depend on each other. As John ...
Views: 807(1 vote) - How to Identify Character Strengths and Values - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Katrina Holgate Miller"Life DOESN’T work, until you DO." Latesha summarized a valuable lesson she had learned from a recent encounter with adversity. We laughed together, struck by Latesha’s ability to communicate wisdom so simply and elegantly. "Do you know what you just did?" I asked her. "You ...
Views: 1717 - Understanding How Emotional Reactivity Can Get Us Stuck - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerUnderstanding How Emotional Reactivity Can Get Us Stuck And How to Get Off of the Flypaper. “So, Doc, what’s wrong with my head?” Latesha looked at me pensively. It sounded like a set-up for both of us. The two months she had spent in bed had something to do with her attending to the ...
Views: 1285(1 vote) - How to Survive the Blame Game from Addiction and Family Members - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerRita was married to Jimmy for twenty years before she finally “got it.” She had begged Jimmy to stop drinking many times, but words did not change his behaviors. Words such as, “if you want a relationship with me, you will have to stop drinking,” or “If you keep drinking, you will die young” ...
Views: 1638 - What to Do When Someone Feels You’ve Hurt Them - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerMoxie mental health makes people stronger than strong. How is that possible? Consider this Aesop fable comparing the reed with the oak tree. An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts ...
Views: 1093(4 votes) - What Are Your Strengths? - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerThe human ego is like a chained up dog. It is always hungry, and it depends on others to feed it. Go a day without social validation and you will feel deep pains of starvation in your soul. It’s as though the little man or woman inside encounters others with a silent plea, “Tell me I’m okay.” ...
Views: 1240(6 votes) - How to Have Good Mental Health? - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerLet’s talk about your mental health. Note your initial reaction to that suggestion. What do you expect when someone wants to talk about your mental health? In our society, people often expect to hear some kind of criticism. The little man or woman inside may be accusing me of thinking you are ...
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