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How to Help Children Cope With Tragedy

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Today the nation wrestles with the fear and emotional uncertainty resulting from yesterday’s Boston marathon explosions. We question how: how could this happen? Who would do such a thing? And, for so many adults and children alike, we may feel a loss of stability and threatened security. A ... Read More

The Path to Powerful Women in the Workplace

With the growing discussion of women in today’s workplace -- propelled by recent headlines made by powerful female leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, and Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo -- I believe it is important to recognize the path paved before us to truly grasp the full context ... Read More

Six Steps to a Better Behaved Child

If you’re a mom or a dad, you likely have –at one time or another – found yourself at wit’s end while parenting your child. When a pattern of bad behavior emerges, you may feel overwhelmed and frustrated. While each individual situation is different, there are a few elements that research ... Read More

When a Child Loses a Significant Other

Good Grief - a Journey Towards Wholeness Margaret Mead once said, “When a person is born, we rejoice, and when they are married, we jubilate, but when they die, we try to pretend that nothing has happened.”  There are many kinds of grief, and bereavement is a unique form.  Not only does it ... Read More

How to Foster Your Child’s Unique Gifts

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If there is one thing attending TED 2013 proved, it is this: no matter how young or how old we are, we all have unique gifts and talents. When 16-year-old Jack Andraka took the stage, I was impressed by this young man’s ability to develop an early detector for pancreatic cancer. I wondered: what ... Read More