By Kizzy Kittrell Dogan --- Did you know that it can take anywhere from 18 - 254 days to form a habit? However, it takes an average of 66 days for a new behavior to become second nature. Scary fact considering that there are only 10 days left in 2020! ...
By Paula McCall, PhD --- When I was asked to write this article, I thought, “Great! I can do this!” And then I realized I hadn’t written an article in a long time. And instead I began telling myself, “Maybe I can’t do this. Maybe this was a bad idea. ...
By Alexa Bailey, MSW, LMSW --- Let’s face it: in the middle of a pandemic, going to school online or in person or a hybrid of the two, and social distancing/quarantine restrictions keeping people apart, it would seem that there’s a whole lot of bitterness for us to feel. And, ...
By Fawzya Khosti, C.HT., M.A.Ed./C.I., Ed.D. (abd) --- What is self-esteem? Do you know how to evaluate yours? Do you have a positive or negative opinion of yourself? Before you make a decision, let’s start with a simple and clear definition of self-esteem. When I work with my clients, I ...
By Fawzya Khosti, M.A.Ed., Ed.D. (abd) --- Whenever I think about motivation, I think of fishing. When I was a teenager my family spent the summers in Wisconsin. We stayed in a few small cabins along a small lake. There were trees everywhere and the place smelled like pine needles ...