by Dr. Melisa | Aug 10, 2023 | Her Moods & Mind
Real quick – Tell me what word you would use to label this group of emotions: happy, joyful, confident, excited, victorious 😁 Ok, how about these? angry, jealous, sad, lonely, scared 😭 Did you use positive and negative? Good and bad? Healthy and unhealthy? When...
by Dr. Melisa | Jul 24, 2023 | Her Moods & Mind
When things are unpredictable, it’s normal to feel anxious (hello new school year; hello puberty). When adults are anxious, kids absorb that anxiety and add it to their own, magnifying the impact. And when kids are anxious (like maybe now as they see the back to...
by Dr. Melisa | Jul 11, 2023 | General, Her Changing Body
My two older daughters were close in age 👭, and they shared a friend, Liza🚶🏽♀️, who had two younger brothers👬 and no sisters. My girls had no brothers. Liza loved spending time at our house because we had Breyer horses, a play kitchen, and a pair of very entertaining...
by Dr. Melisa | Jun 27, 2023 | Her Moods & Mind, Periods
😢 she’s tearful because she senses something deeply meaningful to her. 😤 she’s angry because someone was wronged. 😫 she’s frustrated because she envisions a better solution. What’s one of the first remarks you hear when a girl or woman becomes tearful, or angry, or...
by Dr. Melisa | Jun 15, 2023 | Her Changing Body, Her Moods & Mind, Periods
As a mom of three girls, I admit there have been times when one of my daughters has had a puberty or period issue, and we agreed to “not tell Dad.” Because… girl stuff. 🙈🙉🙊 But if her dad is involved in her life, why do we do this? To protect her? Or to protect him? ...
