Welcome to the Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Support for Parents series. In this series of four articles, we summarize some of the psychoeducational and stress management skills that can help build resilience when parenting a child with a chronic condition. This article explains the basics and how expert pediatric pain doctors approach chronic pain management. […]
Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Managing Parent Stress When Caring for a Child With Chronic Pain
Welcome to the Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Support for Parents series. This is part two of a series of four articles on parenting a child with a pain condition. This installment discusses how to manage stress when caring for your child. Read part one | Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: What Is Childhood Chronic […]
Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Creating a Circle of Care
Welcome to the Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Support for Parents series. This is part three of a series of four articles on parenting a child with a pain condition. This installment discusses ways to communicate with others and seek social support in a circle of care, which can make all the difference when caring […]
Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Parenting With Mindfulness and Self-Kindness
Welcome to the Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Support for Parents series. This is part four of a series on parenting a child with a pain condition. This installment discusses ways to stay calm, caring and centered, which can make all the difference when caring for a child with chronic pain. Read part one | […]
Managing Upsetting Thoughts
Welcome to the Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness series. This is part three of a series of four articles offering basic ways to cope with treatment for serious illness. This installment discusses how to manage difficult thoughts. Read part one | Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Getting Grounded Read part two | Dealing with Difficult Emotions […]
Practicing Self-Kindness
Welcome to the Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness series. This is the final part of a series offering basic ways to cope with treatment for serious illness. This installment discusses how to practice mindful self-compassion, or self-kindness. Read part one | Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness: Getting Grounded Read part two | Dealing with Difficult Emotions […]
How Mindfulness Can Ease College Students Into the Semester
By Angela Cataldo, Student at Clemson University and BodiMojo Blog Contributor It is expected that about 20.5 million students will be attending college this fall. For many, this is the first time away from home, the first time finally experiencing the “real world.” How can practicing mindfulness ease this stressful life transition? It has become […]
How Self-Compassion Can Help Parents and Teens
Summers can be stressful for families. If you have young children and work full- or part-time, you’re probably scrambling to get them into day camps or looking for help from friends or other family members. And if you’re home all summer with your children, you more than likely will be chauffeuring them to and from […]
Parents: Always One Step Behind Kids When It Comes to Social Media
The Boston Globe published a short piece in The Download section, Do you know your kids’s social media handles?” The writer interviewed me and a photographer came to the house on a Sunday morning. That my teenage girls agreed to participate was less about excitement and more of a resigned, “Oh, here goes mom again.” The […]
How to Talk to Your Kids About the 2016 Presidential Election
The current presidential race is proving to have some of the most polarizing discourse on record. And a lot of that unsettling rhetoric is affecting the emotional lives of our children. It’s being played out in classrooms, on-line and even on the playground in some cases. What could have possibly prepared us for the election […]
