Be real. Be truthful. Live authentically.
There is hope! Healthy attachment relationships are the bedrock for healthy child development and helping children recover from adverse childhood experiences. Children grow well into adulthood when their relationships with their primary caregivers are secure. When the connections in these relationships are broken because of trauma, a child's development can be derailed. The road to …
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This year has tested the resolve of many. The devastating compounded grief caused by the humanitarian crisis of COVID and the political and racial unrest is enough to send anyone into a tailspin of anxiety and depression. This year is unprecedented, to say the least. We are all doing our best to navigate unchartered waters. …
All is not lost because the ability to create is within you!
Having the right perspective is paramount in anything we desire to do and changes we are seeking to make. A skewed perspective can cause barriers and long delays in your process and progress. For a long time I would beat myself up mentally and emotionally because I thought I should be further along by now, …
I made a few changes and decisions on last year leading into 2017 that I did with knees shaking and hands trembling because of the uncertainty of how things were going to work out. Nonetheless, I did it anyway. "Courage is not the absence of fear but a willingness to do or face whatever …
Words are powerful! Never let anyone or anything rob you of your ability to speak. Speak up! Speak out! Be heard!
Although this journey to freedom is not an easy one, it is definitely worth the effort to try if your desire is to live life rather than merely exist.
I’m ever evolving in my parenting & seeking to grow in wisdom in the parenting of a strong-willed, opinionated, question everything child. It use to be frustrating to me that as Amaya got older, every directive given to her was met with a question that hinted at her questioning the purpose behind my parental request …
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Kerry McLachlan 