“I immediately incorporated one thing from today’s call, and used it with my kids. It worked wonders. The idea was, “It’s okay to feel how you’re feeling.” This simple concept had an amazing impact on my interactions with my teenage son. He was upset about a consequence I had...
It starts in childhood. Girls’self-esteembegins to plummet at nine years old, found Dr. Emily Hancock (The Girl Within(Ballentine, 1990). A 1997 Commonwealth Fund survey determined 25 percent of teenage girls didn’t like or hated themselves, compared to 14 percent of males, and 27 percent...
journaling,therapy, exercising, being in nature, extra self-care, and creating goodbye rituals can help. Give yourself time to let your feelings exist and be processed. The duration and intensity of thegriefwill depend on what you’ve lost; it could last just an hour, or you may grieve...