Negative parenting patterns rarely start with the current generation. They are usually hand-me-downs from stressed, overwhelmed adults who were once stressed, overwhelmed kids. The promise of breaking ...

People who grew up with unhealthy family patterns were likely impacted deeply by them. It’s not easy to grow up in an ...

What do lions, tigers, bears, and a sink full of dishes have in common? Fight, flight, or freeze: our stress system’s responses to threat. When being chased by a lion, we will either run (flight), ...

Breaking a bad habit can feel like swimming against a current. You know it isn’t serving you, but your brain defaults to it anyway. A bad habit is a learned behavior that’s performed automatically in ...