-Lauren Walters According to minddisorders.com, “Behavior modification is a treatment approach, based on the principles of operant conditioning, that replaces undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative reinforcement. Behavior modification is used to treat a variety of problems in both adults and children. Behavior modification has been successfully used to treat obsessive-compulsiveContinue reading “Behavior Modification And ADHD”
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6 Ways to Anticipate and Defuse Holiday Stress
-Peg Streep The Halloween candy is marked down and the candy canes, keepsake ornaments, and all manner of Christmas paraphernalia, along with chocolate turkeys and Pilgrim hats, already line the shelves of my local drugstore. It’s not going to be long until the incessant bleat of canned Christmas carols fills the interior of every shop.Continue reading “6 Ways to Anticipate and Defuse Holiday Stress”
How Can Childhood Emotional Neglect Make You a Stronger Adult?
–Jonice Webb for YourTango.com All it takes is growing up in a household where your feelings don’t matter enough. With their heads held high but their spirits lower than should be, they walk among us. “I don’t need any help,” they say with a smile. But “what do you need?” they ask others with genuineContinue reading “How Can Childhood Emotional Neglect Make You a Stronger Adult?”
Lack of Empathy: It’s Not Always Obvious
-Lenora Thompson Lack-Of-Empathy: It’s always cited as one of the chief characteristics of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. But what is it really? What does lack-of-empathy look like when it’s at home? Simplistic I always thought that narcissistic lack-of-empathy was not kissing boo-boo’s. No feeling of sadness and sympathy on behalf of the bereaved at a funeral.Continue reading “Lack of Empathy: It’s Not Always Obvious”
When Your Parenting Style Wears You Out
-Renee Jain, MAPP Your four-year-old demands a bowl of ice cream for breakfast. You sense a forthcoming meltdown and quickly evaluate your parenting-style options: (1) Permissive: Say “yes” (then prepare to serve cookies for lunch and cake for dinner). (2) Authoritative: Say “no” directly and firmly (then prepare to stand your ground as there willContinue reading “When Your Parenting Style Wears You Out”
Some Habits Are Harder to Break Than Others
-Neil Petersen Our lives are full of habits, healthy and unhealthy, big and small. Sometimes we don’t even realize how deeply ingrained some of our regular behaviors are until we try to break them. According to a new study from researchers at University of Regensburg, some habits might be harder to reverse than others. SomeContinue reading “Some Habits Are Harder to Break Than Others”
Parent of a Child Who is Struggling? Here are 7 Things Other Parents Want You to Know
-Ann Douglas It isn’t easy to be the parent of a child who is struggling. You may be feeling stressed and overwhelmed and unsure of what to do to help. You may be feeling frustrated and angry or worried and scared – or sad that life is so difficult for your child. You may beContinue reading “Parent of a Child Who is Struggling? Here are 7 Things Other Parents Want You to Know”
Who Did You Have to Be For Your Father?
-Paul Graves It’s a simple question I heard on the Timothy Ferriss podcast. It was a recent episode featuring Tony Robbins. At first, I thought “Huh?” Turns out Tony uses this question to uncover internal conflicts. To find the things we beat ourselves up for without knowing why. The high standards we yearn to achieve,Continue reading “Who Did You Have to Be For Your Father?”
Our ‘Second Brain’ – And Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Mood
-Karen, Hey Sigmund Hidden in the walls of our digestive system is something extraordinary. Scientists have known about it for a while, but new technology is taking the research to the cutting edge. What is being discovered there will revolutionise the way we think about mental and physical health. What happens in our head has aContinue reading “Our ‘Second Brain’ – And Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Mood”
How Parents Can (and Why They Should) Utilize Principles of Play Therapy in Everyday Life
-Meghan Owenz The goals of play therapy pretty easily translate into the goals of parenting: to have a good relationship with your child and create a safe environment in which he or she can be themselves. Parents can utilize some of the techniques in a specific play therapy intervention within their own home. What IsContinue reading “How Parents Can (and Why They Should) Utilize Principles of Play Therapy in Everyday Life”
Amplify Wellness with Meg Duke 