Category: Blog
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The [Photo] Album To Make On Your Phone Today
If you’re anything like me, you take photos on your smartphone most days, even if it’s just a screenshot of an address you have to get to, or a photo of your pet sleeping peacefully (guilty!). Well, today’s idea is for you to organize those photos a little. What if you made different folders in…
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What To Expect When Your Teen Is Applying To College
If you’re the parent of a teenager who is or will be applying to four year colleges, then you are in the right place/ this is the blog for you! Parents, if you went to college right out of high school, sooo much has changed in the application and acceptance processes since that time. I’ll…
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How a Practice of Gratitude Can Increase Your Happiness
I was recently listening to a podcast wherein the person being interviewed was a researcher on happiness. The research shows that about 50% of one’s capacity for happiness is genetic, 10% is based on one’s life circumstances, and 40% is the wiggle room area wherein one’s personal habits come in to play. It really got…
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How To Be Less Irritated With Your Teenager
Teenagers can be irritating. That may be the understatement of the century. It will come as no surprise that teenagers will tell you that parents can be irritating too! (Who?, What?, Me???…. Irritating???) Do you find yourself irritated and/or angry with your teenager for the things they do, things they don’t do, and the multitude…
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DIY Self-Care for Depression
I recently read an article from Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way Foundation” (an organization she created to address mental health and wellness in younger generations) and a take away was that in this connected world it’s more likely that a teenager may be more likely to reach out to a friend versus their parent or…
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