Caring Matters
One huge parenting fail is undermining a child’s reality. Most parents, either dismiss or invalidate their child’s perceptions. They fail to understand that their child is a thinking, feeling entity, completely separate from them. And [Read More]
Not all cases of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis could be due to ACEs or the repressing of emotions. Sometimes the underlying cause could be functional which may often be overlooked. Functional scoliosis, also known as non-structural [Read More]
Kids who are intrinsically motivated have a greater chance of reaching goals and succeeding. Psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi describes internally driven people as having autotelic personalities. They have a tendency to engage in an activity for [Read More]
Critical thinking is the careful and intentional analysis of facts in order to make better decisions. As parents, it is vital we hone this skill in our children. The reason why most smart people fail [Read More]
One important step in my healing process is becoming wise about human nature. It has meant changing how I view the world and my relationships. There were so many untruths from my childhood I have [Read More]
To optimally function in the world, one must be adept at inferring the mental states of other people. We need to understand they are different from our own. This cognitive mechanism is known as the [Read More]
According to, body language expert, Amy Cuddy, holding one’s body in a 2-minute expansive power pose can change our mental state. The reason is that ‘high-power’ poses stimulate the release of testosterone (the hormone linked [Read More]
To survive an abusive childhood one has to suppress the cognitive dissonance one regularly experiences. Depending on their moods our caregivers would swing from being a raging lunatic to a saccharine puppy, all in a [Read More]
Not paying attention when your child says, ‘it’s not fair’ /that’s unfair, is one of the common ways we parents can louse up our relationship with our child. When kids say this, it means that [Read More]
Unlike normal folk, we who have scoliosis worry about different kinds of curves – how much our spine is curved, where it is curved, and what it is doing to our body. Not just the [Read More]