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Supporting our Vets
Our annual practice of honoring Veterans each November reaches far past closing the post office. While it's great to acknowledge the efforts of our military past and present via a blanket Facebook post, we can also use this day to expand our understanding of a culture and way of life that we're not familiar because we lack shared experience. Like most trauma, our Vets may return home from combat with the hallmark after-effects of poor sleep, recurring nightmares, and a highly-sensitive fight...
Treating Addiction
Emotional pain is gasoline to the fire of addiction. Before a chemical or physiological addiction transpires, a person craves the escape from his or her feelings. In the work of recovery, we must address not only the behaviors, but the web of experience behind the behavior. The work of knowing our feelings…
October Newsletter
Emotional pain is gasoline to the fire of addiction. Before a chemical or physiological addiction transpires, a person craves the escape from his or her feelings. In the work of recovery, we must address not only the behaviors, but the web of experience behind the behavior.
Mindful Educators
Students aren’t the only one feeling the back-to-school adjustment period. Educators and school staff often feel a similar exhaustion from meeting the needs of students in the midst of transition. On August 18, therapist Holly Schweitzer Dunn, LISW and yoga instructor…
Helping Kids: Take a Breath
Research continues to provide evidence that kids who practice mindful breathing improve their impulse control and can hold their attention for longer periods of time. But how would you explain that to a small child? Mindful.org put together this video of children explaining how they use their breath can help in…
Smooth Transitions
By now, most area schools have welcomed back the students from summer break. Our teachers returned to classrooms, hopefully refreshed, ready to inspire young minds. However, these seasons of change can pose challenges as kids get accustomed to new faces, classroom…
September Newsletter
By now, most area schools have welcomed back the students from summer break. Our teachers returned to classrooms, hopefully refreshed, ready to inspire young minds. However, these seasons of change can pose challenges as kids get accustomed to…