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How to Survive Holiday Visits with In-Laws You Can't Stand
The holidays are a time for family, friends, and lots of good food. But if you don't get along with your in-laws, the holiday season can...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Dec 1, 20222 min read


4 Tips to Help Children/Teens Build Meaningful Relationships Beyond Social Media
Healthy relationships, particularly friendships, are essential to a child or teen's life. But what happens when those relationships are...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Dec 1, 20222 min read


Understanding and Addressing Adult Bullying
As a society, we have sorely neglected to support the skills needed to mature emotionally and effectively address the root causes of...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Oct 1, 20225 min read


How an Emotional Intelligence Deficiency Prevents Us from Being Effective Communicators
The foundation of effective communication is first in understanding ourselves and, second, in knowing and empathizing with the person or...

Brenda Florida
Sep 1, 20223 min read


How Can SEL Be Taught Through Remote Learning?
Given that Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a relatively new social and academic debate, it’s fair to say that the timing of an...

Iqbal Ahmad
Jul 1, 20223 min read


What Mr. Rogers Can Teach Us About Empathy and Why It Matters
Your spouse regularly lashes out, frustrated over the temperature at home, and you engage in ongoing thermostat wars. At work, a project...

Doni Landefeld, Ph.D.
Jul 1, 20224 min read


Why Do We Care What Other People Think?
As much as we may tell ourselves that we don’t care what other people think about us, that is not the truth for many of us. We may not...
Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda
Jul 1, 20224 min read


How Social Awareness Helps Us to Be More Open-minded
What is social awareness? Social awareness is one’s ability to take into consideration the perspectives of other individuals, groups, or...

Dr. Hope Umansky
Jul 1, 20222 min read
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