I hear from a lot of parents that they had a happy cisgender child until one day their child was not happy and announced they’d like to be different. To these parents, coming out as transgender was a big surprise.

When it comes to expressing our innermost feelings and desires, many of us are at a loss for words in crucial moments. Some find it hard to communicate and verbalize painful topics, while others (like children) simply may not have developed the vocabulary yet.

In a 2021 survey, Health Testing Centers found a little over 46% of respondents in a monogamous relationship said they had affairs. For those couples who opted to save their relationships, 47.5% said they established and enforced new relationship rules, such as sharing phone passwords, to minimize the likelihood of more affairs

In my work, I occasionally see children who cannot express how they feel through words. It may be they just have not learned yet how to express their emotions with language yet or there are some developmental delays. Connecting with nonverbal children can be challenging, but it is not impossible.

It looks like this: you drive the long way to avoid the town you grew up in. You wake up regularly with the same nightmare or night terror. Your reaction is much more heightened in a situation that does not deserve that level of emotion. You avoid getting close to people in romantic relationships and prefer casual relationships.

It’s not as hard as you think, especially with the millions of free YouTube meditation videos available. The best way to start learning how to meditate is to listen to a guided meditation with music and it is even better if parents participate in meditation with their children.

Anxiety is a normal part of childhood development, through school, family, and social changes. For some children, anxiety can become so overwhelming that engaging in typical activities can be a challenge.

It’s not a DSM diagnosis, but it is a state of sensitivity that affects a good portion of the population. A highly sensitive person, also known as an HSP, has a heightened sensitivity to their environment and the people around them.