by Dr. Melisa | Mar 12, 2024 | Her Moods & Mind, Periods, Sex + Relationships
I'm going to borrow a phrase from Oprah and tell you one thing I know for sure: Our kids do better in those really sticky situations when they’ve had some time to think about how they might respond before they face that challenge. When they have time to process a...
by Dr. Melisa | Dec 15, 2022 | Her Moods & Mind
If you were to take a few minutes before bed every night for a week to ponder and write down “Three Good Things” from your day, research says you’d experience an increase in happiness, hope, and optimism. If you were to stick with it longer, you’d grow resilience and...
by Dr. Melisa | Sep 1, 2022 | Her Moods & Mind, Sex + Relationships
If you have a middle schooler or high schooler, NOW is a perfect time to have or update your Sexting Talk. Even if you think you’ve had this chat, feel free to bring it up again, because once is never enough when it comes to adolescents learning important lessons....
by Dr. Melisa | Aug 26, 2022 | Her Moods & Mind, Sex + Relationships
I love this time of year. Have you seen the new middle schoolers? They look so young and innocent stepping through the school doors. They enter with eyes wide open, brains like sponges, and bodies in such a goofy array of morphing sizes and shapes. Over the next...
