Brain-Based Parenting:
Helping Your Child to Make Sense of Their Experiences by Corinne Gnepf, LCMHC, NCC Each person has a unique view and understanding of herself and of the world. Whether people are generally perceived as good and trustworthy or a source of danger, whether someone feels that he has power to impact his
Parenting Together
by Susan Butler, LMFT, LPC Mark 3:25 – “If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” Parenting can be incredibly rewarding and at the same time the most challenging thing we will ever do. As our children grow and develop, the way we choose to parent plays a significant r
SUPPORTING TCKs: A List of Resources
We’re entering a fresh school year, and even if you’re not a parent yourself, you likely have kids on your team or in your circle of influence who are navigating new schools, new classmates, new languages, new extra-curricular activities in new places… The start to a new school yea
Parenting Overseas Can Get Tough
by Corinne Gnepf, LMHC, NCC Parenting can be the most beautiful and rewarding role on earth. It also can be the most frustrating and challenging role. Parents find themselves sleepless, stretched, elevated, concerned, proud, tense like a fully stretched rubber band, crying from joy or frustration. &
PREPARING FOR SUCCESS
by Nick Steffen, LMHC Attention is costly The primary mechanism of our computer’s ability to multitask is something called “context switching.” Essentially, the processing unit saves a task off to memory in a way that it can later retrieve and then shifts over to another task. Each context swi
CULTIVATING A RESILIENT CHILD
by Lisa Green, LPC Resilience is a bit of a buzz word in the mental health community these days, and perhaps also in the worker community, but for good reason. Resilience is seen as the ability to recover from challenges, to bounce back in the face of stress and adversity- so it’s no wonder we’v
HELPING CHILDREN HEAL
by Corrine Gnepf, LPCA, NCC One of the deepest desires of parents, teachers, caretakers, and anyone who loves children is to protect them from the dangers and hardships of this world. We want children to enjoy just being children, worry free, and to feel safe and taken care of. The sad reality
SUPPORTING YOUR TCK
by Lisa Green, LMFT When thinking of the worker and expat community in which many of us live, we often think of the men and women that have picked up and moved from a place that is familiar, comfortable, and “home,” to a place that is decidedly less familiar, less comfortable, and takes a long [