Recognizing and Managing Emotions in Our Children
For children, recognizing emotions and knowing how to calm them can be difficult.
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Power, Control, and Awareness: Understanding Domestic Violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to speak out, share knowledge, and support survivors. Domestic violence affects millions of people every year and crosses all backgrounds, ages, and identities.
The Paradox of Tolerance: Why Intolerance Hurts Our Mental Health
We often think of tolerance as a virtue, and it is. Tolerance allows people of different backgrounds, beliefs, and identities to live together in community. But there’s an important catch, known as the paradox of tolerance: if a society tolerates intolerance without limits, the intolerant can eventually destroy tolerance itself.
Why Self-Compassion Is More Effective Than Self-Criticism
Many of us are our own worst critics. We hold ourselves to impossibly high standards, replay mistakes in our heads, and use harsh self-talk in the hopes it will somehow motivate us to do better. But in reality, self-criticism often leaves us feeling stuck, anxious, and defeated.