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3 ways high school students can better their relationship-building skills through remote learning

In 2020, we are more connected than ever before through online chats, video calls, social media channels, and more. Yet, in the midst of ...

Stressed out about Money? Try a Game of Self-Care Bingo

Download and print these self-care aides help you stay well and healthy when dealing with money stress or any other worrying aspect of these

Covid-19 Toolkit: A Collection of Free Well-being Resources for Families

What uncertain times we're navigating right now! We hope you're staying safe and healthy during this crisis. This virus is undoubtedly ta...

5 Ways to Make Learning More Enjoyable

What we learn with a smile we won't forget. It's now well understood that our learning increases with engagement. But, what happens if we...

How to Improve Your Child's Happiness - Tips from USA'S Happiness Ambassador

"The best way to make children good is to make them happy," said Oscar Wilde. But, we're not only talking about the joyful moments and ex...

How Yoga Before Bed can Benefit Your Mental Health

There’s no doubt there’s a lot of anxiety floating around right now! Many of these worries are helpful for keeping us safe, but many are ...

5 things parents can do to help their kids deal with Coronavirus fears

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, just watching the daily news can be enough to spark anxiety in almost any adult. Natural disasters,...

A Guide for Empty-Nesters on Dealing with Their Kids Going Away to College

Becoming a parent changes your life. While your role as a parent never changes, it does evolve over time. In most cases, you spend the fi...

Why Now Is a Good Time To Rethink Your New Years Resolutions

Every year it comes, (quite literally) like clockwork. There’s the countdown at Times Square or gatherings full of party hats and paper g...

Tips For Parents: Ways To Let Go Of Determining Your Child's Success

There is no doubt parents want the best for their children. This can often result in encouraging, or insisting, they make certain decisio...

How to Make any Decision in Minutes (Without all the Noise)

Our life path is a long sequence of decisions. Each one winding us into the future and dictating what form our lives will take. Making th...

How to Relieve Stress with More Laughter

They say “laughter is the best medicine” and they aren’t wrong. It turns out there are several physical and mental health benefits to lau...

If You Want to Make Better Decisions, Stop Doing This

If you want to make better decisions, stop viewing them as right or wrong. Now, I’m not talking about ethics or morality, but with the fa...

How To Make a Decision When You Don't Know What to Do

As a therapist, I commonly see people who are struggling with making big life decisions, especially ones with seemingly important implica...

10 tips for making a decision about your future

How can we make the best possible decision? This question dates back centuries. It is human nature to ask oneself, "What should I do next...

Finding Your Path to Purpose Through Fear

I was never that person who knew exactly what I wanted to do in life. I had friends who knew from an early age that they wanted to be a t...

Practical Tips for Reaching your Dreams

Every plan, idea, and even expectation, has one element in common, they all start in the present. They are thought of, planned and execut...

7 Quick Q&A's about Positive Psychology, Education & Supporting Change

What is, and isn't positive psychology? How can educators and parents use it as a tool? And how can positive psychology help students pre...

How to Emotionally Help Your Child Switch Schools Mid-Year: 5 Lessons from The Art of Happy Moving

When families move, the top concern for parents is how the kids will adjust to a different environment. If the move is after the start of...

What motivates me? Discover your values before deciding on your college or career choices

Applying to university or college can be a stressful process. There are thousands of courses available, but it can be very difficult to k...

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