Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
The human body is comprised of a complex, intricate and amazing set of systems that all work in conjunction with one another. One of these systems, part of the nervous system, is the sensory system. This system is in charge…
Cycles of Life & the Elements
Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM is based, among other things, on the five Chinese elements of wood, fire earth, metal and water. The tradition believes that these elements depict dynamic states of moving energy and phases of change. Each of…
Play is Good for All of Us
Originally this post was going to be about why play is so good for children and then I realized play is good for ALL of us, so it should include adults too. You know the saying, ‘All work and no…
Importance of Old Games
Growing up, we never thought about how the games we played were helping with our development, we just had fun and played. As we see our children eschewing less technical games favoring video games and the like, it makes me…
Hearts Rattling Around Our Ankles
When our children are born, pieces of our hearts move to the outside of our bodies to live forever. Our mothers, friends, grandmothers may have told us this before we had children and we probably nodded and smiled. We perhaps…
How Do We Define Success?
We have many hopes for our children as they grow to be adults. Some involve: to be healthy, happy, valued, and loved. What about successful? Isn’t every generation’s desire to have its children be more successful than the last? For…
What is Affecting Our Children? First Stop: Nutrition.
In our original post, we talked about what is affecting our children’s learning and living and realized it really involves what we eat, how we live and the choices we make. So for digestible purposes (yes, pun intended), I have…
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