Overcoming Task Avoidance for My Neurodivergent Friends
Written by Carrie M. Johnson, MS, LMFT The only thing I remember from my high school physics class: “An object in motion stays in motion....
AFAF Podcast Episode #71 People Pleasers
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AFAF Podcast Episode #59 Anger Management: How to Tame Your Temper
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Why Your Teen Needs A Job Description ASAP
I think we can all agree that parenting teens can be incredibly CHALLENGING, to put it nicely. After working with teens and their...
9 Emotional Regulation Skills for Effective Parenting
Nine strategies for calming our emotionally-overwhelmed brains, recovering our logic and reasoning skills and giving ourselves the best...
Teens Search in Dangerous Places for Safe People to Talk to.
Teens are absolutely OVERWHELMED. They are bombarded with messages about who they should be, what they should do and how they should...
8 Unhelpful Responses That Push Teens Away
There are 8 common responses given by well-meaning parents who are hoping to take their teen’s pain away. Unfortunately, we can’t take...