Just diagnosed with breast cancer? How to tell the kids

You’ve just received a diagnosis of breast cancer. Even before it all sinks in, you’re worrying about how to break the news to your family – especially the kids. If you’re like most mothers, your first inclination is to protect your children. How can you tell them about your diagnosis without upsetting them? You can’t. [...]

9/11 Anniversary Reactions: What Can We Do With Our Grief?

This Sunday is the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, a day forever associated with feelings of shock and horror, anguish over missing people and fears of additional terrorism. For many (if not most of us), the day was a profound reminder of life’s fragility. Ten years later, for most of us, life has moved on. We’ve [...]

School Days… Reassessing What May Not Be Working

Classes are back in session…. Families are trying to establish and get used to a more scheduled routine.  As the year starts, it might be a good time to evaluate what worked for your family last year that helped things run smoothly and what did not. Often we just revert back to old habits and [...]