by Guest Blogger | Jun 21, 2022 | Education/Parenting, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
Childhood can be a difficult time for many kids, and when anxiety and stress rear their ugly heads, even the most routine of tasks can become overwhelming. Many young people suffer from these feelings, and while they are caused by lots of different things (school...
by Lacey | May 25, 2022 | Digging Deep Project, Education/Parenting, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
This month has been beyond emotionally tumultuous in the United States. Not even two weeks after the tragedy in Buffalo, NY, an elementary school has been devastated by gun violence. It’s a worst nightmare for anyone – parents, students, educators. Parents...
by Garth Sundem | Feb 16, 2022 | Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
As teenagers and young adults, we write the story of who we are – and it’s a story with multiple perspectives. One perspective is self-understanding: We come to understand our personality, our abilities and our preferences. Another perspective is like looking down...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Jan 11, 2022 | Education/Parenting, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
A couple weeks ago I went a few minutes over with an adult client, pushing back the start of my next session. The following week, this second client showed up a couple minutes late and when she sat on the couch, it seemed she couldn’t get comfortable, fidgeting and...
by Garth Sundem | Dec 8, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Mental Health, Self Help, Social-Emotional Learning
This week, the U.S. Surgeon General warned of a youth mental health crisis, writing, “The coronavirus pandemic intensified a rise in adolescent depression, anxiety and mental health distress.” Working to improve mental health requires looking inward to...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Dec 1, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
I lead the social-emotional learning curriculum for a K-8 school with a mission for gifted education and I wonder sometimes if self-awareness is a burden. I wonder this because some of our most successful students seem to lack self-awareness — they bring a kind...
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