Parent Your Highly Sensitive Child Like A Ninja
By Megghan Thompson
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You are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to gain skills that will help you feel capable and confident disciplining your child or teen while helping them feel understood in a world that says they are "too much". Each week, Megghan Thompson, an experienced mental health therapist and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), dives into the topic of parenting highly sensitive children and teens. If you're ready to stop drowning in your child's explosive and out of control emotions and eliminate daily meltdowns, this show is for you.
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210. Sensitive Kids With Test Anxiety
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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209. Is Time-out Effective For Sensitive Kids?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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208. Happily Homeschooling Littles
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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207. Teaching Good Sportsmanship to Highly Sensitive Kids
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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206. Does Play Therapy End The Meltdown Cycle For Sensitive Kids?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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205. Does CBT End The Meltdown Cycle?
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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204. Wondering What's Appropriate Behavior For Sensitive Kids?
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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203. Is Being Highly Sensitive Genetic?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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202. Reactively Fighting Fire With Fire?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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201. Do You Have To Homeschool My HSC?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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200. Perfectionistic kids feel out of control if they’re not thriving. Safe space myth busting
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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199. PDA or Sensitive Struggling with Flexibility?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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198. 2 Truths Parents MUST Believe When They’re Worried Their Child Is Manipulating Them
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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197. Does Your HSC Hate Events They Used to Love?
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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196. What’s Really Going On If Your Kid Is Sensitive And Labeled As Oppositional And Defiant
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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195. Back to School Blues
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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194. They Stopped the Cycle of 5 Meltdowns a Day
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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193. Rachel & Ash: They Reduced Suicidal Thoughts by 90% in Just 8 Weeks!
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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192. How to Get Your Child to Open Up (It's simple...just LISTEN!)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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191. Is Your Highly Sensitive Child's Distress Destroying Your Family? There's A Simple Solution
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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190. Embarrassed by Your Kid’s Meltdowns?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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189. Preparing for the Holidays or Holding Your Breath?
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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188. Calm in the Storm: Navigating the Preteen Years
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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187. I Refuse For My Kid To Grow Up Like I Did
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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186. Halloween's Over Tonight and You’re Left Holding the (Candy) Bag
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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185. How to Go From Daily Meltdowns, Aggressive Outbursts, Fighting, and Screaming to a Calm, Peaceful, Confident Child in Just 8 Weeks or Less…
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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184. Where Do You Notice You Are a Playful Parent? How Are You Missing the Mark?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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183. Do You Go 100/100 or 50/50 in Your Co-Parenting?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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182. Staying Up Worrying Again? There's a Better Way to Parent Your Sensitive Child
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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181. Big Emotions, Big Hearts: Celebrating the Depth of Feelings in HSCs
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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180. Conflict Resolution for Your HSC: Teaching Healthy Ways to Express Frustration
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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179. The Secret to Stopping Daily Crises: How to Transform Your Child's Behavior in Weeks
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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178. Does My Kid Need A Label?
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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177. Trust Your Gut: How to Make Parenting Decisions That Feel Right for You Even in School Settings
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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176. Is Your Child's School an Ally or an Alligator?
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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175. Stop Just Surviving and Start Thriving With the Right Tools and Support You'll Need - Access It Here!
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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174. Dreaming of a Calmer Home and Confident Child? Make it a Reality.
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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173. Don't Rush to Fix Your Child's Problems (Do This Instead!)
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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172. Use Play for Emotional Growth & Development
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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171. Why Your Kid Doesn't Need Long Intense Therapy
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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170. Why You Should Push Your Child Past Their Comfort Zone (& How To Do It With Love)
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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169. Rachel & Ash: They Reduced Suicidal Thoughts by 90% in Just 8 Weeks!
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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168. Summer Expectations: Fireworks/Noises/ Parties/Overwhelm
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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167. The Rewards of Validating Your Child (What Parents Should Know)
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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166. Summer Camp Prep
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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165. Managing Your Emotions: How Your Reactions Impact Your Child's Behavior
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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164. Breaking the Meltdown Cycle - Why Doesn’t Therapy Work for This Issue?
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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163. End of School Year: What Supporting Your HSC Through School Transitions Looks Like
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May 26, 2023 |
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162. Invite Yourself to Dream!
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May 19, 2023 |
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161. What Your Child's Behavior Really Means (It's Not What You Expect)
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May 12, 2023 |
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160. My Sensitive Kid Can’t Handle Praise, Now What?
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May 05, 2023 |
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159. Avoiding Punishments=Passive Parenting?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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158. Simple Steps to Build Social Skills With Your HSC
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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157. Misconceptions About Highly Sensitive Children (& Why They're Harmful)
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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156. Homework Problems
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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155. Why You Need to Make It a Priority to Manage Your Mindset When Parenting a Highly Sensitive Child
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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154. 5 Things You Can Do to Break Out of the Shutdown/irritability Cycle
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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153. The Effect of the Meltdown Cycle on Your Non-Sensitive Kids
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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152. 3 Reasons Your Family Members Judge Your Parenting
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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151. Three Consistency Traps (Part 2)
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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150. Three Consistency Traps (Part 1)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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149. My Kid Doesn’t Talk to Me About Their Emotions
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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148. Thinking You Are Your Child’s “Safe Space” During Meltdowns
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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147. When to Intervene at School for Your HSC - Even High Performing Students
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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146. Emotional Availability for Learning
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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145. 3 Myths About Psych Evals
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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144. Managing the Winter Blues
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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143. An Update on Suicide and Self-Harm Myths Based on Latest Research
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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142. Back From Break Blow Outs
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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141. They Stopped the Cycle of 5 Meltdowns a Day
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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140. When Your Clap Backs to Your Kid Do More Harm Than Good
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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139. They Reduced Suicidal Thoughts by More Than 90% In 8 Weeks
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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138. What to Do When You Feel Like Enough Is Enough in Parenting Your HSC
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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137. Managing the Holiday Break With Your Teenager
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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136. The Number 1 Skill Your HSC Needs to Learn ASAP
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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135. The Number 1 Belief Keeping You Stuck This Holiday Season
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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134. Just a Phase
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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133. Why You Keep Thinking Your Child’s Progress Is a Fluke
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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132. The 3 Biggest Costs in Raising an HSC
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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131. Rewriting Our Family's Story: Savannah & Alan
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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130. Creating a Peaceful Home With Two HSCs
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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129. Is a Mental Health Diagnosis Necessary for my HSC?
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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128. What Drives Sensitive Adults Towards Struggle?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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127. I Don’t Understand My Kid… How Big of a Problem Is That?
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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126. Keeping It Together When Parenting Your HSC
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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125. Are You Spoiling Your HSC?
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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124. Your Child’s Rollercoaster of Emotions Is Not an Accurate Signal of Progress
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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123. Halloween: Is It Really the Sugars and Dyes You Should Fear?
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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122. 3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Stop Anxiety Related Behaviors for Your HSC
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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121. I Can’t Believe Professionals Get This so WRONG.
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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120. Ever Feel Justified in Telling Your Kid to Suck It Up
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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119. Sensory Issues Causing Struggles?
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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118. Happiness Is an Illusion
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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117. Meltdowns Making You Embarrassed?
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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116. How One Parent Went Through Multiple Aggressive Meltdowns a Day All the Way Down to Zero
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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115. Why Therapy Is the WORST Way to End the Meltdown Cycle …
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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114. 5 Reasons Why You and Your Spouse/Co-parent Already ARE on the Same Page
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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113. School's Honeymoon Phase Is Over
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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112. What to Do When Your HSC Has an ODD Diagnosis
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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111. Why Does My HSC Get Glowing Reports From School But Home Is a Nightmare?
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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110. Breaking The Cycle of 5 Meltdowns a Day While Working From Home
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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109. President or Prisoner?
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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108. The False Safety of Anger
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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107. The Whole Household Is Ready to Rest but Your HSC Is Wired
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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106. Why Your Parenting Approach Matters More Than Your Child's Coping Skills
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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105. Worried About Getting Your Kid Back Into a Routine for School?
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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104. 5 Major Issues With Mental Health Care for Children
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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103. Back to School Freak Outs
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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102. The Biggest Thing Holding Parents Back From Turning This Around Today
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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101. The #1 Reason Verbal Aggression is Still Happening in Your Home
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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100. Decrease Complacency as a Parent
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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99. Does ‘Getting Emotions Out’ Help The Meltdown Cycle?
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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98. Myth Busting about the Highly Sensitive Trait
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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97. True or False: Children Who Feel Better Do Better…
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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96. 4 Steps to Raising a Confident HSC
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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95. Is Nitpicking Your Third Wheel in Co-parenting?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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94. Chopping Down the Roots of Resentment
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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93. Ready to Take a Break From Your Summer?
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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91. Can Perfectionism Kill You? Suicide Myth Busting
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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90. My Pet Peeve That Other Professionals Imply
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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89. Feel Like You’re Neglecting Your Other Kids?
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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88. The Juggling Act
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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87. Do You Ever Feel Like Your Kid Deserves a “Better” Parent?
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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86. Managing the End of School Year Overwhelm
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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85. Are the Meltdowns Keeping You From Loving Your Step-Children
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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84. Stop Diagnosing Your HSC on the Internet
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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83. How to Talk to Your HSC About Puberty
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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82. Feeling Disconnected With your Spouse about what's driving the meltdowns
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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81. How to Prepare for A Meltdown-Free Summer
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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80. Parents of HSCs: What to do when you feel like giving up
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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79. What to Do When Negotiating With Your HSC Stops Working
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May 27, 2022 |
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78. 4 Reasons Punishments Aren't Really Working for Your HSC
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May 26, 2022 |
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77. Are You Burnt Out from Trying to Stop the Meltdowns?
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May 20, 2022 |
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76. "I Felt Like the Worst Mother In The World."
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May 18, 2022 |
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75. Are the symptoms from ADHD or the meltdown cycle?
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May 13, 2022 |
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74. How to Keep Up the Energy and the Perspective it Takes to Be a Ninja Parent of an HSC
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May 11, 2022 |
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73. How Can I Help My Kid if They Keep Running Away from Me?
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May 06, 2022 |
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72. Myth Busting: Suicide, Mental Health, and Developmentally Appropriate Behavior for Highly Sensitive Children
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May 04, 2022 |
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71. How To Know If Therapy is Actually Helping Your HSC
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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69. Why Does My Kid Hate Me?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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68. This Couple Reduced Suicidal Thoughts in their HSC by 90% in 8 Weeks
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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67. What To Do When Your Kid Gets Kicked Out of School?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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66. When Autism Spectrum Disorder Doesn't Seem to Fit
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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65. Hygiene Hysteria: How to Get Your HSC to Brush Their Teeth Without A Fight
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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64: How Should You Expect Your HSC to Handle Uncomfortable Situations?
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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63: Why Does Your HSC HATE the Surprise Gift You Got Them?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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62. What to do if your child holds it in all day to only explode later at home
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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61: Strong Willed and Disrespect: When to Draw the Line
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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60: Jennifer's Story: How one mom beat the cycle of shame, hopelessness and worry
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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59: Rewriting Our Family’s Story: Savannah & Alan
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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58: Why You're Getting Stuck in An Emotional Spiral
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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57: Do You Ever Feel Like Having A Child Ruined Your Life?
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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56: A Year Later: How Two Parents With 6 Meltdowns A Day Are Doing Now - Client Spotlight!
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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55: Eating Habits: My Sensitive Kid Keeps Under/Over Eating
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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54: Why it Feels Like You're Sliding Backwards Tackling the Negative Emotional Spiral with Your HSC
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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53: My Kid Was Fine Last Year… Why is EVERYTHING Stressing Them Out Now?
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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52: Navigating Online School with your HSC
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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50: What Does it Mean When My Kid Says They Need a Break from Me?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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48: 3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Rely On Facebook Groups to Help your HSC
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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51: Why Most Parenting Strategies Fall Flat When Parenting an HSC
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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47: 2 LIES HSC Experts Are Telling Parents that Decrease their Family Progress
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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46: Your HSC is Not As Fragile As You Think
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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49: 6 Coping Potholes in Parenting an HSC
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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44: Is it Bad to Feel Embarrassed by Your HSC's Behaviors?
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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45: Why I Do This Work
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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43: The One Thing You're Missing With Toilet Troubles
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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42: What a Highly Sensitive Personality Looks Like As Your Child Grows Into Adulthood
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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41: Do You Still Think That When Your Teen Is Yelling At You, They’re FINALLY Opening Up?
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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40: Sticker Charts Are Screwing You
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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39: How to Delay Worries for Your Highly Sensitive Child Without Making it Worse
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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38: How the Meltdowns Stole Christmas
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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36: Do the Meltdowns Make You Feel Like the Lockdown Will Never End?
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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35: Has Your HSC Stopped Taking You Seriously?
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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34: Why Sending HSC to Therapist May Be Putting Bandaid on the Problem
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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32: The Difference Between the Highly Sensitive Trait and Autism
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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33: What to Do When Your Relatives Don't Understand the Highly Sensitive Personality Trait
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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31: Natural Consequences... Why Aren't They Working?
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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30: The Thief That Stole Thanksgiving
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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29: Why Punishments Don't Work for Your HSC
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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28: How to Spot a Fake Parenting Coach
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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27: More About My Why: Sharing More About my Personal Story Growing Up with a Highly Sensitive Sister
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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26: When You're Disappointed That Your Kid is an HSC...
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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25: Are you Still Blaming your Kid for their Lack of Empathy?
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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24: What Happens if the Meltdowns NEVER Stop?
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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23: Katie's Story
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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22: Choosing Sports Over Meltdowns... The Wrong Thing to Do?
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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21: How to Help Your HSC Play Fairly
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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20: Should You Teach Your HSC Not to Care What People Think?
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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19: Emotionally Available for Learning
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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18: Planning for Your Big Move is Causing Meltdowns
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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17: Amy's Story: From Walking on Eggshells to Eliminating Daily Meltdowns in 8 Weeks!
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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16: If Your HSC Hates Haircuts... You'll Want to Hear This
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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15: Survival Mode Parenting
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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14: Why Rewarding your Kid for “Good” Behavior Stops Working
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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13: Toni’s Journey: From fear, hyper-vigilance, and trying EVERYTHING to calmly supporting her son in ending the meltdown cycle
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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12: Friends, Frenemies, Enemies, and Navigating Social Skills with your HSC
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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11: The Critical Mistake Parents Make When Dealing with After-School Meltdowns and How to Avoid it
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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10: When Your HSC's Imagination Runs Wild...
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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9: What school to choose?
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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8: What is your HSC's potential?
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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7: Four Main Traps Parents of Sensitive Kids Fall into when Choosing to Pick their Battles
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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6: How to Prepare Your HSC for BAD News
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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5: The Sensory Processing Sensitivity (Highly-Sensitive Trait)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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4: Is it hormones or is my kid Highly Sensitive?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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3: About Me, MTC, & Our Mission
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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2: Case of the Mondays Myth Busting
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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1: Diagnosis or Personality?
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Coming Soon!
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Jul 12, 2021 |