Some tips for practicing self-care and self-compassion

Effective strategies and tips for maintaining your mental health in today's fast-paced world.

How can we as adults and parents help children move through these transitions with the least amount of strife? We can begin by realizing that our approaches depend on the age of the child. With younger children, dealing with a new school or even a new home may trigger them to “act out”. This can look like their withdrawal from social activities or even changes in their diet and sleeping patterns.

It's the worry, not the physical dread, that does the damage.

If we want to feel good about ourselves, we have to do things that actually make us feel proud, accomplished, appreciated, respected, or empowered, or take steps that make us feel that we’re advancing toward our goals.

Everyone wants to be happy. What most people mean when they say they want happiness is that they want to feel a positive sense of mental well-being. Mental wellness however, requires some effort, in the same way physical health does.