Introducing Courage ChallengesAs a trained child/family therapist, parenting coach, and family life educator, and most importantly, a parent of two kids, I can relate to the kind…
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Quiet AlertnessLisa’s list of the 7 Baby Bs may be poignant for adoptive parents to read – it certainly was for me. There is so much…
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Bonding with Baby“When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.”– Toni Morrison…
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The Chemical Soup Called LOVEWhether or not your first days as a parent were spent breastfeeding on the couch watching Oprah, like me or not, psychologists now understand that…
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We Just Turned 40!40 countries that is! We would like to say “Thank You” to all our readers in the 40 countries who have visited Lion’s Whiskers to date….
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Let’s Start at the Beginning…ChildbirthWhat does our child’s birth have to do with courage? Birth triggers similar neurological mechanisms and the release of many of the same neurochemicals associated…
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Courage Question of the DayLion’s Whiskers asks: Have your kids (or you for that matter) pushed against the boundaries of their own courage, even if it meant getting into…
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Shout OutWe would like to say a special “Thank You” to a brave young mother and wonderful staff writer at the Times Union in Albany, NY…
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What is Spiritual Courage?Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: This will be the sixth in the “Six Types of Courage” that we will explore in-depth. We hope you’ve already had the chance…
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Why Attachment is so Important in Learning CourageAs a mom to newborn E. (my now 13 year-old son), I was ripe with the maternal love hormones prolactin and oxytocin. It’s one of…
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