by Deborah Cox | Apr 21, 2018 | Mood, parenting, Relationships
Mindful Parenting of Teens = Letting Go If you have a child over the age of ten, you may already know this. So good for you. My friends with much older kids told me this years ago and I didn’t want to hear it. Parenting of adolescents...
by Deborah Cox | Dec 29, 2016 | Coaching For the Therapist, Mood, parenting, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, Women
Leadership (said with a sneer) I hate the word, “Leader.” It’s lost every shred of meaning it once held for me. Leadership once meant authority and concern for the welfare of everyone in its reach. Now it sounds like a fake word with fake facts to support its...
by Deborah Cox | Jun 19, 2016 | Anxiety & Calm, Becoming More of Your True Self, Mood, parenting, Relationships
My son amazes me. He has his obsessions, but they’re about his music, his philosophizing. He’s so different from the adolescent me of thirty-five years ago. He’s calmer and freer to learn. He’s funny, and takes creative risks with language. He accepts people...
by Deborah Cox | Dec 30, 2015 | Anxiety & Calm, Becoming More of Your True Self, child maltreatment, parenting, Relationships, Therapy
Hands are Not for Hitting (and not for Shoving, Slapping, Swatting, Pinching, Jerking, or “Spanking”). We read this book to my son when he was three. Hands help and love and wave goodbye. Hands paint and cook and communicate. But some adults still use...
by Deborah Cox | Dec 10, 2014 | Connect, Mood, parenting, Relationships, Therapy
How do I keep my son from growing up to be a jerk? How do I help him become egalitarian? Great question: How do we raise boys to share power in relationships? The answer lies in your willingness to share power in your own relationships. The “submissive...
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