Category: Stress

  • Helping Your Teen Get More Sleep

    California governor, Gavin Newsom, recently signed a bill into law that will restrict California high schools from starting before 8:30am and California middle schools before 8:00am. While I am aware that there are mixed feelings about this new law -which will be rolled out by the year 2022 – I thought it good timing to…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • When Anxiety Attacks

    The problem with writing a blog entry on anxiety is that there will always be more to say. How can I possibly cover everything that’s important to say? I can’t, of course, and, while that honestly caused me some initial stuckness, I decided it might be most helpful to focus on how to recognize when…

  • The Main Thing

    Two Summers during my college years, I worked as a lifeguard on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Before I make it sound too exciting, I’ll clarify that it was lifeguarding at an indoor pool there on the island. No sharks, no dramatic saves to warrant front page news – no lives lost though either, which of…