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The ability to relax is an essential skill in our hectic world today. Kids are shuttled from home to school to after school activities and home again, often without transition time or down time. We hope that children can lead happy, relaxed, and calm lives, but often we neither teach them how to do this [...]
As any parent who has worked with me knows, I always say, “it starts with Calm”. Without a calm child and a calm parent, no learning can take place and no problems can be solved. While this may be an easy concept to grasp, getting to a calm place is often no easy task. One [...]
Halloween is nearing, and with it, comes excitement, a little extra sugar and a lot of extra sensory input. While fun, this time of year can be stressful for children who have trouble processing sensory information. Thus, it is good to offer them tools to manage and reduce stress. Such tools may help them sleep [...]
For many of us the Fall and Winter holidays are filled with more activity than usual. Families visiting, holiday events and gatherings are added on top of the regular work, family and personal obligations. While the approaching holiday season is one of Family, Gratitude and Giving, for many it means pressure, stressful schedules, situations and [...]
This past weekend, I attended a conference for Speech-Language Pathologists here in British Columbia. I was fortunate to learn about several things, but the idea of Mindfulness, a new idea for me, was a topic that really stuck out in my mind, because I found that I could apply it to both clientele and to [...]
Anxiety (also called angst or worry) is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components. The root meaning of the word anxiety is ‘to vex or trouble‘; in either presence or absence of psychological stress, anxiety can create feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness, and dread. Anxiety is considered to be a normal reaction to a stressor. It may help someone to deal [...]
I “met” Mark Bertin, M.D. less than a month ago via the internet. With Twitter, Facebook, and the internet in general, it is amazing how two paths can now cross. I am so lucky and fortunate to continue to have such intriguing people come my way. Dr. Bertin is a developmental pediatrician in private practice [...]
