June Rousso, Ph.D. with her book Building Resilience and Finding Meaning in Life: A Guide for Teens is our latest award winner. A published author many times over, Dr. June Rousso is a licensed psychologist, life coach, and writer. She is a Clinician Diplomate in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis and maintains a private practice in […]
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In Honor of Random Acts of Kindness
What is Random Acts of Kindness week? While it is a time to make a conscious effort to be kind to others, we should not forget that kindness extends to ourselves. Many people are feeling stress living through a pandemic and stress has a way of decreasing our empathy toward others and likely ourselves. But […]
Spotlight on Resilience
Children and teens are talking more and more about resilience these days. No surprise living in a pandemic and facing global, national, and sometimes family issues. How much more can we ask for than for a conversation around resilience? When we hold back on our emotions, the frustration, anger, and hopelessness that we feel during […]
How Negative Thoughts Affect Our Self-Image
We all have negative thoughts from time to time, which is part of being human. Some of us have a reservoir full, resulting in a negative self-image. As negative thoughts cloud our mind over time, we also can begin to lose one of our greatest assets- our character strengths. People often wonder where these negative […]
We All Have Character Strengths
We all have character strengths, but how do we know we do? Where do we go to find them? My favorite way to search for character strengths is to look at the things we do every day, the simple actions and not so simple actions that we take in life. Let’s say that I expressed an opinion […]