Self-Awareness Increases With Meditation

September is Self-Awareness Month. To me, self-awareness is the process of going within and connecting with your true self. Not with your outer appearance or personality, but your inner essence. It means knowing yourself as both a physical and spiritual being,...

Laura Sobiech – Fly a Little Higher

Laura Sobiech was a regular, busy Midwestern mom, working in a dentist’s office while raising four kids. Her son Zach, then 14-years old, began feeling a pain in his hip and Laura heard the words no parent ever wants to hear from a doctor — “It’s cancer,...

Missing Out on “Normal”

“If kids are normal, not sick, they like to be treated special.  But if kids have a disease, they wanted to be treated normal.” (eleven-year-old girl) “Longing for normalcy” is a refrain of many children* after a diagnosis of illness. The child often...

Hold Still, You Will Only Feel a Pinch

Earlier this month, Dr. Toy wrote about the power of play. Through play, children learn about themselves, their environment, their relationships, and the world around them. While at play, children communicate their fears, anxieties, hopes and dreams. They grant and...