by Dr. Melisa | Dec 12, 2023 | Her Moods & Mind
Those moods. As a parent, you watch them morph as your daughter cartwheels into adolescence and then slams the door in your face. Sometimes she’s her “usual” self. 😊 Sometimes she’s so … 👹 🐍 🥊 🎭 🛸 🗯 🤷🏾♀️. There’s no doubt it worries you. We hear it all the time,...
by Dr. Melisa | Nov 13, 2023 | Her Changing Body
A neighbor's 13 year old daughter recently took a trip to our local urgent care center because of pain in the lower part of her belly. The pain was sharp and shooting, on her left side. She's a tough kid, but it was enough to make her cry. After her evaluation and a...
by Dr. Melisa | Nov 1, 2023 | Her Moods & Mind
Recently, I found something helpful – really helpful. I landed on some work by Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., a health psychologist who is re-engineering the way we should think about stress. She does a beautiful job translating neuroscience research into practical...
by Dr. Melisa | Oct 19, 2023 | Her Moods & Mind, Sex + Relationships
Over the past 2 decades, kid’s exposure to porn has become so common, it is now considered a normative experience rather than an exception. And the content, which is freely and easily accessible from any smartphone, has become more and more explicit, violent, and...
by Dr. Melisa | Oct 4, 2023 | Her Changing Body, Her Moods & Mind
October means it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I want you to know that your daughters are more aware than you know, and sometimes it makes them anxious. 😥 They take in messaging about the signs of breast cancer, like knots or lumps, and they worry — especially...
