“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” —Seneca Stoics know that a fulfilling life rests along the distance between our wants and needs. Much of Stoic writing considers man’s endless struggle to narrow the gap. One could argue that the closest we ever get […]
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25 years ago, the six-acre, forested floodplain behind my school held some 40-50 Eastern White Pines. Each tree measured three to four feet in diameter, rising arrow- straight, nearly 75 feet in the air, towering high above the canopy set by Aspen, Hickory and other hardwoods. Within a few years, another section of forest 500
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Picture it: Sicily, 1912, a young Sophia skips in sepia tones along a narrow street toward her Nona. Suddenly, she snags her toe on a loose cobblestone, sending her tumbling. Sophia looks up from the dusty ground, momentarily stunned and searching for some kind of feedback upon which to anchor her reaction. Nona, her face
Before anxiety becomes a condition, it shows up as an emotion. Its triggers are myriad and its presence can wreak havoc; making the unknown feel unsafe and the uncomfortable feel unmanageable. Now, anxiety has come for our children and we are the one’s holding the door open. In today’s post, I am going to focus
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Author: Bart Theriot A few weeks ago, I wrote about the role of honesty in parenting and early child development in a three-part blog post entitled “From Netflix to Depression”. In conversations I have had over the last few years with parents, it has become clear that this topic is worthy of its own post.
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This post is a follow up to a more expansive discussion written in my three-part post entitled \”From Netflix To Depression.\” Today we are going to discuss \”Doomscrolling,\” what it is, what it is not, and what we can do about it. \”Doomscrolling\” is an ugly word. Although, perhaps biased assessments like that are unhelpful.
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Since we left off in Part II with The Untouchables, I think that’s as good a place as any to start. Hopefully what I’ve written so far has lifted the curtain a bit. You know the game, the players and what is at stake. So the question you need to ask yourself is… Are we
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Continuing on our journey from Netflix to depression, we have identified the path. Every child is on it. Even though they don\’t usually walk before 12 months old, most children take their first steps along this pathway soon after birth. Knowing where you and your child fall along it is a very important first step for everyone. In Part
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Our children’s mental health is in a state of increasing crisis. This isn’t just some sensationalized weather forecast warning of the approaching “Stormzilla,” which in reality turns out to be nothing more than a few snow flurries. This is real. In 2021, according to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a long-term study updated annually by
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Sometimes we speak without really hearing ourselves, at least not enough to question our own words. In order to maintain our position, we often subconsicously seek out others whose thoughts and words match our own, creating an echo chamber masked as a support network. This is especially true for new mothers and fathers. However, there
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