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Tag: emotional health

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Parenting
Neesha B.

How to Support Your Older Teen Daughter This Summer: Guidance for Ages 15–17

One of the trickiest parts of parenting an older teen is figuring out how to stay emotionally close when they’re pulling away to become their own person….

With the right blend of space and support, your daughter can come out of this summer not just recharged, but ready to take on her next year with more confidence, self-awareness, and maybe even a deeper appreciation for the quiet presence you’ve offered all along.

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July 17, 2025 No Comments
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Parenting
Neesha B.

Enhancing Adolescent Resilience by Promoting Well-Being

Research has begun to underscore the importance of shifting from a narrow focus on distress reduction to actively promoting positive psychological qualities and resources. Expanding the definition of mental health to include well-being allows for a more comprehensive and effective approach to supporting adolescents.

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February 27, 2025 No Comments
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Confidence & Growth
Neesha B.

The Role of Parenting in Shaping Teen Confidence

When we understand how our actions impact both their overall self-worth and their confidence in specific areas, we can tailor our support to help our teens grow into confident, capable individuals who feel good about themselves across all aspects of life.

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August 29, 2024 No Comments
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Emotional Health & Resilience
Neesha B.

Stress vs. Anxiety vs. Burnout Chart

People often think that stress, anxiety, and burnout are interchangeable, but there are differences to understand. Here is a chart that clearly outlines both similarities and differences.

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February 26, 2024 No Comments
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Emotional Health & Resilience
Neesha B.

The Kids Aren’t Alright

Can we maybe cut the kids some slack instead? Can we give them the love, support, and encouragement they need?

Parenting isn’t easy, but we do need to lead the way.

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October 23, 2023 No Comments
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Anxiety
Neesha B.

How To Deal with Anxiety

Suffering is a normal part of the universal human experience, and when we try to fight that, well, as Carl Jung is known for saying, “what you resist, persists.”

Sometimes the first step is to become aware of our resistance so that we can stop resisting, drop the struggle, and move towards learning more useful ways of dealing with our anxiety.

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September 21, 2023 No Comments
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Anxiety
Neesha B.

Is It Stress or Is It Anxiety?

If we want to know how to reduce stress or how to deal with anxiety, we first need to understand the differences between the two in order to correctly identify the problem.

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September 12, 2023 No Comments
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Anxiety
Neesha B.

Some helpful definitions

We often use many of the terms related to stress, anxiety, and burnout interchangeably, and some of the symptoms overlap, so it can be helpful to spend some time understanding the similarities and differences between the 3 conditions.

Here is a description of stress vs anxiety vs burnout that may help.

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September 5, 2023 No Comments