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“Dr. Laura, I’m great with my kids on vacation. But most of the time, I’m just so stressed out, my default is yelling!” — David Vacations can sometimes be stressful: airplane flights, extended-family dynamics, disrupted sleep schedules. But if we pay attention, we can usually structure vacations so that we as […]
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“When my little boy shouts at me, it really pushes my buttons. I just can’t help it. I always end up shouting back, or worse.” – Shannon In our last post, we talked about how to cut the drama when your child triggers you. But what if you find yourself exploding often? […]
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“When my little boy shouts at me, it really pushes my buttons. I just can’t help it. I always end up shouting back, or worse.” – Shannon In our last post, we talked about how to cut the drama when your child triggers you. But what if you find yourself […]
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“Expressing gratitude works. The moment we start taking things for granted—whether it be our husbands or our health—those things stop making us happy.” — Sonja Lyubomirsky, Happiness Researcher Researchers have found a concrete way to raise your happiness set point. Every day — as you fall asleep at night is […]
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“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” – Haim Ginott Children rely on us to interpret the world: “That’s HOT, Don’t touch!… Now we wash our hands…We can walk now that the light is green…..We always… We never…. This […]



