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Tricia Thornton
- Feb 16
- 8 min
The Courage to Embrace Gratitude, Present, and Joy
"A mindset of gratitude opens a present heart to receive the gift of True Joy." This is my focus for 2023. I started something new this...
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Tricia Thornton
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Want to Stop Defiant Behavior?!
This is a great resource. https://www.additudemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/10254_For-Parents_15-Day-Fix-to-Stop-Defiant-Behavior-in...
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Tricia Thornton
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
A Collection of Poems
For me, writing is a way to allow a variety of feelings to safely surface. Once the thoughts and emotions enter my conscious, I can then...
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Tricia Thornton
- Oct 27, 2022
- 8 min
Hula Hoop Boundaries: Learning to Keep your Power Within Your Hoop
What in the world do I mean by "hula hoop boundaries"? Most of us remember trying to keep the hula hoop up around our waist as we...
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Tricia Thornton
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
The Benefits of Play Therapy
Enjoy this insightful article. https://www.healthdigest.com/1045611/what-is-play-therapy-and-what-are-its-benefits/
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Tricia Thornton
- Sep 27, 2022
- 8 min
The Balance of Mindsight
When l think of brain research and literature, two names come to mind: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D., a world renown brain anatomist and...
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Tricia Thornton
- Jul 8, 2022
- 7 min
Perseverance: The How, What, When, Where, and Why?
I have said before that I think and learn a lot with acronyms. My brain must think that way, because they come to me fairly easy. When...
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Tricia Thornton
- Jun 13, 2022
- 6 min
Perfectionism: Recognizing the Fear Behind it and Stepping into Freedom.
Do you know the most important way to recognize counterfeit currency? It is to study and know the details of genuine currency. When I...
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Tricia Thornton
- May 25, 2022
- 1 min
Resources to Help Children and Caregivers When the News is Scary
Here is a collection of articles and books to use when you are trying to help a child when the news all around them is quite scary and...
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Tricia Thornton
- Apr 14, 2022
- 6 min
Home: How is Attachment and Home Related?
Home. This simple four-lettered word is not exactly simple. T.S. Eliot (1970) suggested, "Home is where one starts from." Home...
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Tricia Thornton
- Mar 9, 2022
- 7 min
Self-Care: Is It a Trend or Is It Here to Stay?
There has been a lot of talk lately about self-care; it is almost as if taking care of oneself has become trendy. Sometimes trends come...
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Tricia Thornton
- Feb 4, 2022
- 5 min
The Magic of B's: How to Be Bold, to Believe and Be Beautiful
Bees are a vital part of our ecosystem by providing balance through their role of being chief pollinators to the flowers. Without bees,...
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Tricia Thornton
- Dec 18, 2021
- 4 min
Boundaries: Self-Focused rather than Others-Focused
This title seems a bit strange due to the message that we so often are taught about the need to focus on others by being kind. From...
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Tricia Thornton
- Aug 19, 2021
- 6 min
Being a Constant Parent in a Changing World
In mathematics, Merriam Webster defines a constant as a number that is assumed not to change value; a fixed value. Google defines a...
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Tricia Thornton
- Apr 22, 2021
- 4 min
Movement and the Brain: How Balance Can Keep You in Sync
Do you ever find your self feeling like your mind will not turn off? Are you stuck as if you are a hamster on a wheel, going around and...
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Tricia Thornton
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
The Most Important Part of Parenting is to Learn to Parent Yourself.
In the book, The Scaffold Effect by Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, he states, "The parental scaffold is the external structure and support...
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Tricia Thornton
- Feb 18, 2021
- 5 min
The Three R's: Receive, Redirect, REGULATE
According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, "power is defined as the "ability to act or produce an effect" or the "possession of...
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