Monthly Archives: October, 2009
Don't Miss Out! Chaos to Connection Parenting Workshops in Santa Monica, CA
Is your teen acting out, defiant, disrespectful, dishonest? Do you long for a family that is filled with love and joy rather than chaos and hurt? Chaos to Connection is the answer. Every Season brings new opportunities and new challenges. This holiday season why not treat yourself to an exploration of new ways to enjoy the holiday season through deepening family relationships.
October Faves! Our favorite gadgets, blogs, apps and music
Music Pick of the Month
Avette Brothers, I and Love and You. We love this alt-country album simple style and October flavored introspection. Check it out here.
Gadget Pick of the Month
The mypressi TWIST is a truly portable espresso machine that is brilliantly easy to use. It produces exceptional espresso rivaling traditional machines while giving [...]
Hiking for your Health
It’s getting colder outside, but it’s not so cold that you can’t enjoy the outdoors. Take your family on an adventure! Use the internet to find trails in your area and go on a hike together. Hiking can be a great way to burn calories and everyone in the family can take part.
If you hike, [...]
Resolving Student/Teacher Conflicts
Now that school is back in full-swing, your teen may be well aware of who his or her favorite (and least favorite) teachers are. It’s normal for someone to have at least one teacher they don’t get along with by the time they’ve reached high school, but it can seriously change a person’s educational track [...]
Eating healthy in Autumn
It’s really not difficult to go from eating big, yummy, fresh summer salads to delicious warm autumn inspired dishes that are also good for you. Fall brings the harvest, which means fresh squash and other produce and an abundance of pumpkin or apple spiced flavors everywhere.
What are your favorite autumn dishes?
Foodnetwork.com has a list of [...]
Helping a teen with a video game addiction
We asked Ronna, on of our Vive Parent Coaches, for some of her thoughts on working with families and teens who are affected by teen video game addiction. We’d love to hear your thoughts, too. Feel free to respond or to add your own experience, below, in the comment section. Here is what Ronna had [...]
10 Steps to Loving Your Body: Step 7, Repair and Healing
By Isabelle Tierney, M.A., LMFT, CSPT
How do you treat yourself after you’ve acted out some painful behavior with your body (e.g. binging, over-exercising, restricting, etc.)? Are you kind and compassionate or are you guilt-ridden and punishing? Many of us are unnecessarily harsh with ourselves and our bodies. We use guilt and shame to prove how [...]
Fall Vacationing is easy(er) on the wallet
There are lots of reasons families don’t travel during the fall. They vacationed in the summer, maybe. They just booked their holiday travel tickets. Kids are back in school…
But we recently came across a great bog article plugging some of the best Fall travel destinations and all the reasons to pack up the family and [...]
Halloween Party Tips and Tricks for Teens
If you are interested in throwing a Halloween party for your teen and his or her friend’s this year, the internet is the best place to go for great ideas. We found a fantastic list of tips and tricks for planning a spooky party that may actually engage the “cooler-than-thou” set. If you need more, [...]
Some teens are more prone to internet addiction than others
Recent research suggests that teens with social phobia, depression, ADHD or other disorders are more likely to develop addiction-like behaviors with regard to their internet use.
Here’s more from a story on CNN.com. For the full story go here.
In the survey of 2,293 seventh-grade students in Taiwan, 10.8 percent developed an Internet addiction, which was determined [...]
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