Cultivate… COPING by scheduling some downtime

We recently posted about how our children can become stressed and anxious during the holiday season. Stress symptoms may differ depending on the age of our kids but the Crisis Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Resource Center of the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention suggests some signs to keep an eye…

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Cultivate… COPING by frequently taking instant vacations

Teenagers often experience stress when they feel pressure from their peers to do something that they know is wrong (like drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes), worrying about their body image and how it is changing, or feeling anxious on making good grades in school. Whatever is making our teens stressed, we are here to help…

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Cultivate… COPING by using gratitude to overcome the hard times!

On our fifth day of gratitude week, we will talk about how gratitude can help us cope and heal from our past difficult experiences. Gratitude gives us the power to cope with crisis and make us more resilient to stress. According to Robert Emmons, remembering our difficult past experiences and thinking about where we are…

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