How to Help Children Regulate Their Emotions Let’s be honest, we all flip our lids sometimes. We’re human—we’re going to get angry, overwhelmed, anxious, and/or defiant. Children are human too, and they need help learning how to regulate and cope with their big emotions.   The “flipped lid” analogy helps parents understand what is happening in a child’s brain when they are having a big reaction (a fit, tantrum, hitting, screaming, etc.). The prefrontal cortex is where our executive functioning is located. This part

Figuring out to have fun without drugs, alcohol, porn, and/or sexual escapades we once pursued can be really difficult and, to some, feel like it is impossible to achieve. For most that struggle with addiction, the concept of fun is a foreign concept unless one is under the influence of something.  The ironic and very important aspect of sobriety and recovery is finding joy and fun again is essential to one’s change.  Without a little bit of fun in our

Y’all, things are weird. I have felt a whirlwind of emotions in response to the coronavirus and quarantine (panic, grief, stress, anxiety). Parents are being hit tenfold because they’re having to worry about their own lives as well as their children’s. First, I want to give kudos to parents who are now working from home as well as homeschooling! Your hands are full, and I can’t imagine the array of emotions you must be feeling. Kids are feeling these things,