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

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 first twenty years dev...

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

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

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 the right decisions is...

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

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 fact that we often fal...

As a therapist, I commonly see people who are struggling with making big life decisions, especially ones with seemingly important implications for the 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"? To tackle this ag...

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 teacher, a nurse, a d...

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

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

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 the academic year, ...

Applying to university or college can be a stressful process. There are thousands of courses available, but it can be very difficult to know which one is bes...

Every parent wants their child to walk with their head held high, feeling that they can take on any challenge, but that level of confidence doesn’t always co...

Early on in my teaching career, I struggled to find the balance between being an authority figure and being a real person with my students. When I came down ...

The mental and physical benefits of meditation are now widely recognized. Not only for adults, but children too. Catherine Wilde, Kids Yoga & Meditation Tea...

Life is full of disappointments. They start off small – missing out on a friend’s birthday party because you are grounded, losing the sports day race, or rea...

Today, people almost brag about the fact that they "sleep only x hours" because of the amount of work they have to deal with or how profoundly they study for...

Thinking about your future? Are you being honest with yourself about your loves in life, or are they a little defined by other expectations? What would happe...