New school year, new schedules, same question - Who’s sitting with you at lunch? Whether you’re a student, a teacher, a parent, or just someone feeling the quiet reset of this season, it’s a natural time to take stock of the people around us. Who do we lean on? Who do...
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Whatcha Listening To: Podcasts for Parents Recommended by AFC Therapists
Something about me is that I love filling my commutes to work with a good podcast- learning on the go as I like to say! There is quite a variety of content with podcasts and, as a therapist, it’s important that we stay up to date on the literature so we can best...
Finding Compassion Through Caregiving
“Compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being. It is essential for our ability to care for ourselves and others.” — Dr. Gabor Maté (When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, 2003). Many of us will, at some point in our lives,...
How to Prepare Your Child for the Path, Instead of Preparing the Path for Your Child
Growing up, I often envied my classmates whose parents stayed up all night helping them finish procrastinated projects or giving them a free pass when they were afraid to try something. At the time, it seemed unfair. But I later realized that those moments of facing a...