Category Archives: highly sensitive mom

Busy kids

Posted on January 24, 2014 by raisingsmartgirls

I hope to resume posting on this blog this year. I wanted to apologize to my readers for falling off the map. It’s not that I haven’t been blogging, I have, just not here. I blog a lot over at … Continue reading →

Posted in about the smart girls, gifted children, Gifted education, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity | 3 Comments

Why it’s so important for parents to learn how to emotionally self-regulate.

Posted on February 26, 2013 by raisingsmartgirls

If there is nothing else I can teach my daughters before I leave this world, it’s how to emotionally self-regulate.  I have to admit, it’s been hard. I have complex-PTSD from childhood emotional neglect and abuse (I was ignored until … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, anxiety, Attachment Parenting, Depression, emotion coaching, emotional dysregulation, explosive child, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, highly sensitive person, Intensity, loss of parental love, mind and body, mindfulness, personal growth, personal issues, selective mutism, social and emotional issues of the gifted, social anxiety | 5 Comments

Gifted and Disorganized

Posted on December 7, 2012 by raisingsmartgirls

This week has been a very slow work week for me.  I contracted a nasty stomach virus last Friday night from my adorable students/germ factories, and spent most of the wee hours of Saturday vomiting and emptying my bowels just … Continue reading →

Posted in about the smart girls, Clutter, creativity, gifted adults, Gifted and Disorganized, gifted children, gifted support, highly sensitive mom, intellectual stuff, messie, organization, personal growth | 8 Comments

10 Basic Good Mother Messages

Posted on May 23, 2012 by raisingsmartgirls

I’ve been a mother for 1o.5 years now.  And I need constant reminders about what is good fertilizer to grow children.  I know, so sad, right?  But it’s true. I have read in so many places regarding healing from childhood … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, anxiety, Attachment Parenting, Depression, emotional dysregulation, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity, introspection, loss of parental love, meltdowns, mindfulness, motherhood, my mothering goals, personal growth, personal issues, raising smart girls, suicidal ideation, trauma | 1 Comment

What I’ve learned – Part II

Posted on November 8, 2011 by raisingsmartgirls

(For part I – please see this post – What I’ve learned-Part I) I must say, resourceful or not, motherhood knocked me on my ass. I can look back now with compassion for myself. Due to my own very difficult … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety, Attached Dad, Attachment Parenting, career, Depression, emotion coaching, emotional dysregulation, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity, meltdowns, personal growth, perspective | 6 Comments

What I’ve learned – Part I

Posted on November 8, 2011 by raisingsmartgirls

[Due to an obnoxiously long word count, I decided to make this a two-parter] When I started this job almost 10 years ago, I was extremely unprepared for mothering. I’d like you talk about my own mother for a moment, … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety, Attached Dad, Attachment Parenting, career, emotional dysregulation, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity, motherhood, personal growth | 1 Comment

How to help our kids with depression and sadness

Posted on September 26, 2011 by raisingsmartgirls

Part and parcel with my middle daughter’s high sensitivity comes emotional storms, great highs and devastating lows. I have always worried about this child, most often because she’s a lot like me. Like me,  she intelligently (and sometimes frustratingly) questions … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety, childhood depression, gifted support, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, suicidal talk in children | 9 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 8, 2011 by raisingsmartgirls

This is my 9th Mother’s Day. It’s hard to believe I’ve been at this ‘job’ for 9 years already. I have often felt this was the most challenging thing I have ever done. The most challenging thing about my career … Continue reading →

Posted in about the smart girls, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity, mood, Mother's Day, motherhood | 5 Comments

Theraplay® for selective mutism and other parenting challenges

Posted on March 30, 2011 by raisingsmartgirls

I’d found out today that my blog was linked to a blog of a parent in Sweden who has a child with selective mutism.  I used Google’s Chrome browser which has a nifty little ‘translate page’ button, otherwise I would … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety, Attachment Parenting, creating harmony, emotion coaching, explosive child, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity, meltdowns, selective mutism, social anxiety, spd, trauma | 6 Comments

If you had controlling parents…how do you avoid becoming one?

Posted on March 7, 2011 by raisingsmartgirls

I have talked quite a bit on this blog about my insecurities and anxieties about my own capacity as a mother.  Midway through my 40th year now, I spent about a year and a half examining the factors that have … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, anxiety, booklists, emotion coaching, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, loss of parental love, meltdowns, mood, personal growth, social anxiety, trauma | 25 Comments