HTFG Top 5 books to read before 2016   1.Rising Strong: Fall. Get up. Try again. Click here for more information about this book.  Swimming Upstream: This book is AMAZING! Tons of helpful tips to parents of [...]

Not So Spooky Boundaries Fall is here and Halloween is just around the corner which mean spooky and creepy things are everywhere! However, not everything as to be spooky or creepy like these simple and fun boundary [...]

Drama, Rumors & Secrets: A Middle Schools Guide   Summer is almost over! You may be thinking what it just started or thank goodness! Either way school is just around the corner. You may even have a [...]

Netflixing and Teenage Girls  Both me and my husband have been “netflixing “ a lot this summer. The term “nexflixting” I learned a couple of years ago from one of my teenage clients. We have recently found [...]

Calm the Chaos                   Summer can be a more relaxed home environment without all the “business” of getting ready for school and extra curricular activities. As a result, young [...]

Calm the Chaos Part 2                                                                  [...]

As I browse through Facebook, I am starting to see so many wonderful mother/daughters photos to celebrate mother’s day. Mothers can influence our lives in so many ways, here are some key factors in improving the mother/daughter [...]

Research does support that having a family dinner at least 3 times a week reduces substance abuse disorders and eating disorders. So, the short answer is yes, however, here are some best practices in organizing and developing [...]

Thanks to the UT School of Social Work in Austin , I had the pleasure of spending a day with Peter Levine, Ph.D and learning about his innovative approach to mental health treatment called Somatic Experiencing (SE). [...]