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As states make decisions about opening up and schools set contingency plans for resuming classes, there’s a lot of uncertainty about what happens next in the response to COVID-19. It’s a little like trying to stand...
Perfectionists get a bad rap for being overly-confident, overly-controlling, overachievers—you might think of the kid with all As or the all-star goalie when you think of perfectionist kids. But perfectionists are very different from high achievers....
Nearly two months in, we are all experiencing the emotional, mental and physical impact of staying at home to flatten the COVID-19 curve. Right now, 68 percent of Americans are saying that everything feels out of...
Ever wonder why laughter is contagious? The average human laughs 17 times in a day and when we hear it, the muscles of our face are triggered to join in, starting a ripple effect. Laughter helps...
Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., a scientific expert on gratitude says, “A decade’s worth of research has shown me that when life is going well, gratitude allows us to celebrate and magnify the goodness.” But what about when...
There’s a lot of video conferencing going on right now: parents are taking meetings online, students are doing distance learning through Google Classrooms and Zoom. Even religious services have gone virtual. While it has been extraordinarily...
Mindfulness is the practice of intentionally bringing awareness to the present moment so we can choose our response to what is happening. It is normal to feel sad, stressed, confused, scared, or angry during change and...