Cultivate… COPING With The Noodle Caboodle!

Has your child ever said to you that they feel like their muscles feel tight or their body is stiff whenever they are feeling stressed and anxious? Try the Noodle Caboodle! The Noodle Caboodle is a child-friendly progressive muscle relaxation technique that helps relax the physical tightness of your muscles whenever you feel tense and…

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Cultivate… SAFETY During The 2020 National Suicide Prevention Month

September is National Suicide Prevention Month and this month, we are raising awareness of suicide prevention by sharing information and resources from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s #BeThe1To campaign. If you have been following us since the beginning of our cultivate journey, you may be familiar with the campaign already. Throughout the month, we will…

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Cultivate…SAFETY around Difference

Harville and Helen are co-creators of the Imago Therapy for relationships. Harville has been featured on Oprah many times since the 1980s. They say that the number one thing that makes relationships difficult is difference and the way we react to and feel threatened by difference. This, of course, isn’t just true for romantic couples,…

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Cultivate…KNOWLEDGE of the Four Core Priorities of Trauma-Informed Distance Learning

Whether your child was already dealing with the effects of trauma long before the pandemic, your child is experiencing trauma related to sheltering at home, of you’re just concerned about what may come up this school year, it is helpful to understand the key principles of providing a trauma-informed environment: Predictability, Flexibility, Connection, and Empowerment.…

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Cultivate… SAFETY During Online Learning for School

By now, your school district may have put out different learning options for students as they plan for students to return to school. Most school districts are providing their families with an online option where students will receive instructions virtually from home. With this option, it is critical for parents/caregivers and teachers to remind their…

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Cultivate… COMMUNICATION with Motivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing is a patient-centered, communication technique that is commonly used by counselors to help motivate clients change behaviors and to help them explore and resolve conflicts. Motivation interviewing is backed by research, showing its effectiveness to increase motivation in individuals who may have been unwilling to change in the first place. Motivational interviewing is…

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Cultivate… RELATIONSHIPS and Help Kids Avoid Negative Self-Criticism

Children will say negative things about themselves and it is our role as caring adults to help direct them away from destructive self-talk. Constructive self-talk is very common and we all do it to ourselves and when we hear our children talk about themselves constructively, it may not raise any concerns. But how would we…

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