Why is My Child Acting Out?
Ack! Kids got you pulling your hair out? Do you feel like you are at the end of your rope? Feeling hopeless or helpless?…
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Catherine Gruener’s Encouragement Parenting Tips for June
Welcome to Catherine Gruener’s Encouragement Parenting Tips for June! Each month, WU World Changer Catherine Gruener will share new tips that will encourage you…
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Catherine’s Encouragement Parenting Tips for May
Welcome to Catherine’s Encouragement Parenting Tips for May! Each month, WU World Changer Catherine Gruener will share new tips that will encourage you to learn…
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When Someone Says that You’re “Too Sensitive…”
“That’s no big deal.” “I was JUST Kidding, gosh I’m not going to say anything to you anymore.” “You’re not really hurt, you are…
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A Child’s Behavior is Goal Oriented
The Self has no choice but to pursue its inner goal. – Annemarie Roeper, 1999 My son was born opinionated. That’s what I used…
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Parenting: Love is A Verb
February is coming to an end, and many of us just celebrated Valentine’s Day last week. I was thinking about how special it is…
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4 Ways to Be An Empowered and Enlightened Parent
Winter is always a time for reflection. Here in the upper Midwest of America, it is strikingly cold and this forces everyone inside, into…
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Communicating with A Highly Sensitive Child
You sit down to dinner with your family. You serve a nice warm plate of spaghetti and meatballs. You think, everyone loves this meal;…
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Creating Sacred Space
I struggle as a practitioner, a psychotherapist, a licensed and certified counselor, straddling what feels right to me; two dimensions that expect very different…
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8 Tips for A Successful Family Meeting
How to Keep Family Values and Traditions in a Modern Age: The Importance of a Family Meeting Is it me or does it seem…
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