Category Archives: mind and body

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

New thoughts about attachment and neuroplasticity.

Posted on January 23, 2013 by raisingsmartgirls

I wrote a blog post back in 2010 about Research on Attachment Theory and Anxiety Disorders.  I wrote that post for a two reasons – one) I was increasingly concerned about the modern trend of putting infants into daycare starting … Continue reading →

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Safe Trauma Recovery

Posted on June 12, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I took this picture yesterday, at the local Border’s bookstore. I think I need a reminder that I have good mommy moments as well as horrible ones. There’s many times I blow it with my kids (well, come to think … Continue reading →

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Trauma resources

Posted on June 6, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I am about a month and a half shy of my 40th birthday.  The week prior to this day the girls had 7 meltdowns (I counted) and my husband had a full blown panic attack (his first) that I helped … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, Attachment Parenting, booklists, career, combining science and motherhood, Depression, emotion coaching, faith, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, loss of parental love, mind and body, overexcitabilities, personal growth, personal issues, reaching out to others in need, selective mutism, synchronicity | 4 Comments

It’s a question of faith…

Posted on March 10, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

Things are going to take a slightly different tone in my blog. I found out yesterday from my dear friend A that she had the same thing I had two years ago, a nodule on her thyroid and it was … Continue reading →

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The Mirror – Looking at my Inner Child.

Posted on February 4, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

The Mirror – – Looking At My Inner Child I listen to my Soul whisper, “Go more deeply still.” Breathless, with eyes wide open I leap into the abyss of my hidden childhood feelings: Resentment, jealousy, rage. I was the … Continue reading →

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Well I wasn’t imagining things…

Posted on January 26, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

I went in for my annual tune-up yesterday. I’ve been noticing my neck feeling swollen along the sides.  I have a mother and two sisters (one a year older and one 12 years younger than me) with thyroid problems.  The … Continue reading →

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