THE COMPASSION CLUB THE SILENT SUPERPOWER Sometimes, when someone is going through a difficult time, I tell them I’m thinking of them. Or that I’m sending them love and light. Or that I’m praying for them. I often say these things because I want to help, but this is usually Read more…
THE COMPASSION CLUB The Value of True Connection with Self and Others We’ve all felt that pleasant feeling that comes when we feel a connection with someone. It can happen with people we’ve known a long time, or with someone we’ve just met. Hearts, souls, minds align. Sometimes, it feels Read more…
THE COMPASSION CLUB The Untold Secret of Building Trust Take a moment and ask yourself, “What is trust?” How does my teen earn my trust? Equally important is,”How do I earn trust with my teen?” Trust is having confidence, faith, or hope in an individual. It is believing they will Read more…
THE COMPASSION CLUB Am I Enough? Tina Vaphiadis- Am I Enough? Am I Enough? It’s a question we ask ourselves—sometimes without even realizing it. Our subconscious creates destructive doubt in our minds about our self-worth. I’ll answer your question with a definite YES! I’ll even give you a HECK YEAH!!!! Read more…
THE COMPASSION CLUB THE INNER VOICE OF SELF-COMPASSION Cause I’m a black belt when I’m beating up on myself But I’m an expert at giving love to somebody else. Do these lyrics to Demi Lovato’s song I love me sound familiar? Often times it is really easy for us to be kind Read more…
THE COMPASSION CLUB 20 Things Every Teen Girl Needs to Know Teen life can be difficult to navigate: overthinking what someone told you at school, being left out by the locker, falling asleep late because you’re anxious about tomorrow. Life is hard. Feelings are real. But you don’t have to Read more…
THE COMPASSION CLUB RADICAL CONNECTION I love using the word RADICAL when I talk about connection in parenting. According to google, the Latin derivative for radical is “root.” It’s more commonly held meaning is to “go against the grain.” Radical connection is a concept that deserves recognition. This type of Read more…
My 9 year old son was in the hospital recently. For the last 2 years, or so, he has struggled with severe pain on his left side. We saw several doctors about it, and they determined it was either constipation (TMI, I know), or abdominal migraines (it is a real Read more…
Nine months ago, when I had my second baby, I started having some pretty intense anxiety. My throat and chest always felt tight, my mind could not slow down, and I was scared of pretty much everything. It was really rough, to say the least, and I wish I had Read more…
By Kelli Anderson I used to think people who didn’t like Tom Brady were simply jealous. He’s a good-looking, all-American boy who is rich, married to a supermodel, and (un)arguably one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Haters gonna hate…except I’m not a hater and after watching Facebook’s docuseries Read more…