Coping with Covid: How to make the most of your time at home with high needs children

This post originally appeared on helponechild.org Undoubtedly, kids everywhere are sad right now. For most kids, this doesn’t look like tears but more likely presents as anger, frustration, tiredness, numbness, displaced frustration and boredom. Does any of this sound familiar? It may sound like something you are hearing from your high-needs child, another child in… Continue reading Coping with Covid: How to make the most of your time at home with high needs children

Depression and the COVID-19 Crisis

For so many of us, the world has changed a lot since the beginning of March. In some ways, we have found some down time, time to try a new recipe, clean a closet, try a new workout, or take some online classes. For others, this time has been marked by less connection with people, places and… Continue reading Depression and the COVID-19 Crisis

3 Parts of Your Brain and the Covid-19 Crisis

In order to process information in the healthiest way, we will start with an oversimplified but hopefully memorable explanation of the Three parts of the brain: Old brain/reptile brain: From infancy Tied to most basic needs Tied to somatic symptoms Primitive feelings of safety Freeze Subconscious/Unconscious Mid-brain/chimp brain: Positive emotions-Loyalty, Attachment, Trust, Self Reliance Negative… Continue reading 3 Parts of Your Brain and the Covid-19 Crisis