Written By: Sandi Lerman, MA Ed. Community Educator Building a Healthy Brain Babies are born with billions of tiny brain cells ready to form connections and build pathways for growth, learning, and human connection. When a young child is raised in a safe and...
Sunday, May 10th is Mother’s Day. This day of celebration and recognition originated in 1876 when Anna Jarvis heard her mother, Ann Jarvis, pray in a Sunday school lesson. She prayed that one day someone would create a memorial mother’s day and that this day would be...
So here’s the thing, for some reason when I talk to people about “foster care”, their minds often automatically switch to “adoption”. And I am here to tell you: Foster Care does NOT equal adoption. Now, are SOME children adopted out of the foster care system?...
While 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime1, everyone faces challenges in life that can impact their mental health. The good news is there are practical tools that everyone can use to improve their mental health and increase resiliency...
Author: Kat O’Hara Survivor Counselor Couples all over the world are finding themselves in situations they never thought they would be in, for better or for worse. Self-quarantine with your partner, for weeks or even months, is a new element that is being...
