The social struggles, routines, and meltdowns we think of as “just being a teen” can resemble autism traits and tuning into “just being a teen” is a path to understanding autism. Once we reflect on our own emotional and social teenage experiences, we can come to show empathy and compassion rather than intolerance and at […]
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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 […]
Read more HereHow 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 […]
Read more HereWe 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 […]
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April 25, 2018 by Sandi Schwartz- happysciencemom.com What is this parenting thing all about anyway? What is your end goal for raising your children? For me, I hope that my children are happy, healthy (both physically and mentally), successful in the purpose they choose to achieve, and independent. All of my guidance now is so they […]
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