Some of our viewers have asked for some self-calming techniques for their preschoolers. I think we can help you with that. Vicki: Young children really don’t have emotional self-regulation. It is pretty common for them to be out of control, and so, learning self-soothing techniques is going to take some time. Just expect that and […]
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Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our jobs as parents or in our relationships and we are really good at loving people but not so good at loving ourselves. I have three powerful steps that you take to love yourself. I really like to think of love as a choice and as a verb,
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One of our viewers recently asked, “Dr. Paul, how do you defend yourself against gaslighting?” I didn’t even know what that was to start with. I’ll define it for you and give you some clear steps so that you don’t get stuck. The term gas lighting comes from a movie that was created back in
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Hey, Vicki. Cammy wrote in asking, “How do I have more patience with my toddler?” I’ve got some ideas. Do you? Vicki: Yeah. Let’s talk about it. Paul: Cammy, we got your back. Stay calm. We can break that down into a tool. So, let’s start with C in calm stands for care. Meaning self-care.
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As a professional psychologist, I work with people all the time on how to forgive others. Today, is a twist on that, how to forgive yourself for hurting someone. I think the first thing that you want to do, get good at forgiveness. In general, I mean. This is a tricky subject especially if we
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Toxic. That brings to mind poisonous, right? Time to call poison control? I went on the internet and did a little search for how to deal with poison or toxin. As we talk about toxic family members, I think that there’s some overlap here that might be helpful. 3 different strategies or approaches. So, let’s
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Lori Petro has a channel on YouTube called, Teach Through Love, and she is doing some really great things with parenting. Lori is a mom and a blogger who takes questions from her audience like we do at Live On Purpose TV. Lori has a video up about how to get toddlers to stop hitting.
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I know some principles that could really help you as you contemplate a second marriage. Second marriage? There is a story behind that and everybody’s got their own story. I don’t know exactly what your story is. But it implies that you already had one. Now, whether you are out of that first marriage due
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It’s hard to feel like doing anything when you are depressed. The 5 tips I’m going to share with you come with a disclaimer. When you’re depressed, almost everything that would improve your condition, you don’t feel inclined to do. You already know this, right? Like think positive. Okay, that can be annoying depending on
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Vicki, I’m not sure if I’m really a qualified perfectionist. Maybe I used to. Vicki: Probably a lot more. Paul: I think there were times when I was really kind of uptight about things, like they need to be a certain way, and I’ve since abandoned that for something that’s much more joyful for me.
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