by PEN Admin | Jul 7, 2020 | Parenting Strategies & Everyday Challenges
How is your summer going? What has changed? Are you worried about or challenged by the existing environment? This summer has presented a different scenario for parents. Many parents are trying to work while their children have increased free time. Some worry their...
by PEN Admin | Apr 28, 2020 | Parenting Strategies & Everyday Challenges
Did you know that the language you use to describe your emotions can actually have an impact on how you feel? This is based on psychological theories that show that when information from your body is made meaningful through language, you begin to feel the related...
by PEN Admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Mental & Emotional Wellbeing, Parent-Focused
For many, the holidays bring special times being together with family, working a little less, and celebrating life. For others, the holidays bring hard times. Remembering lost loved ones, worrying about finances, and balancing day-to-day activities and healthy habits...
by PEN Admin | Nov 5, 2019 | Parenting Strategies & Everyday Challenges
Are you a worrier? To worry is to give way to anxiety or unease; to allow one’s mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles. This can be true for actual or potential issues. I will be the first to admit that I have worried plenty. Sometimes my worries were grounded in...
by PEN Admin | Sep 29, 2019 | Development & Protective Factors
Parenting is an emotional experience, and one that pushes us to be a better person. Over the years your child changes, and so do you! That means that you have to be observant, flexible, creative and open to change so that you can move through all the...
