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Authoritative Parenting: Guiding With Warmth and Firmness
Parenting is rarely taught, so it must be learned quickly on the job. The parenting styles we adopt may not always be the most effective, [...]
Neurodiversity in the Workplace: A Strengths-Based Approach
Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace is a priority for ethical employers who want to optimize productivity and leverage the full potential [...]
Setting Boundaries: Quotes & Books for Healthy Relationships
Rather than being a “hot topic,” setting boundaries is more of a “boomerang topic” in that we keep coming back to it. This is partly [...]
Change Management: The Art of Positive Change
While change is a given for all modern organizations, it often fails due to its complexity and the resistance it faces (Dhiman & Marques, 2020). [...]
Mental Health in Teens: 10 Risk & Protective Factors
31.9% of adolescents have anxiety-related disorders (ADAA, n.d.). According to Solmi et al. (2022), the age at which mental health disorders most commonly begin to [...]
Holistic Therapy: Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit
The term “holistic” in health care can be dated back to Hippocrates over 2,500 years ago (Relman, 1979). Hippocrates highlighted the importance of viewing individuals [...]
Discovering Self-Empowerment: 13 Methods to Foster It
In a world where external circumstances often dictate our sense of control and agency, the concept of self-empowerment emerges as a beacon of hope and [...]
14 Worksheets for Setting Healthy Boundaries
Setting healthy, unapologetic boundaries offers peace and freedom where life was previously overwhelming and chaotic. When combined with practicing assertiveness and self-discipline, boundary setting can [...]
Trauma-Informed Therapy Explained (& 9 Techniques)
Trauma varies significantly in its effect on individuals. While some people may quickly recover from an adverse event, others might find their coping abilities profoundly [...]
Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory of Motivation
Motivation is vital to beginning and maintaining healthy behavior in the workplace, education, and beyond, and it drives us toward our desired outcomes (Zajda, 2023). [...]