Posts by Melisa Uchida
Eleven Best Children’s Books for kids in 2023
As an American mom of three ages 6-16, I’m amazed at how much our cultural values have changed just in the past decade. As parents, it’s important to stay abreast of what our kids are absorbing and making sure it’s in line with the values and behaviors you want your children to adopt. While getting…
Read MoreHow to Support Grieving Children
Give the feeling a name. Teach your child the word “grief.” It feels like a broken heart. Let them know this is natural and normal, and it won’t hurt like this forever.
Read MoreParenting in the New Paradigm
Job Description: Committed individual needed to teach and train young people how to be healthy, successful, resilient, joyful adults. Must be able to work with children physically and mentally through the various stages of growth, from infancy through adulthood, possibly beyond.
Read MoreWhat is Hypnotherapy and Can it Work for Me?
It’s just like guided meditation, using voice, pitch, tone and metaphor to relax a person.
Read MoreAre you living life, or is your life living you?
Habits are an effective way of streamlining tasks and using less brain power for the things we need to do daily. The problem is – as we experience life, life also changes us. T
Read MoreGet Healthy in 2023
I know a lot of people who take better care of their cars than their bodies. We take our cars to the mechanic several times a year for tune-ups and oil changes. We give it gas, vacuum and clean it, and when the “serve engine” light goes on, we take it in for service. Our physical bodies give us “service engine” signs all the time.
Read MoreNavigating the Holidays in Grief
he holidays are supposed to be a time of family, joy, celebration for life. How do you celebrate life when the person you love so much is no longer alive? It is heart breaking, and a harsh reminder, that the life you had planned is now obsolete.
Read MoreCan I be addicted to suffering?
You may have heard the phrase, “Pain is inevitable; Suffering is optional.” Pain is something that all humans experience. It arises out of physical and emotional discomfort, loss or change in a world where change is constant. Therefore, pain is inevitable. Suffering happens when the mind focuses on pain to the degree that it ignores everything else. Suffering happens when the mind does not move past the pain. It ruminates and keeps the person stuck.
Read MoreAddicted to Feeling Bad
January 13, 2021 This is a transcription of one of Nate’s voice memos, recorded five months before his death. Today was a weird day. I have, a lot of weird days right now. I feel raw – emotionally raw, like, I have no skin. Every touch stings. Even the wind blowing stings my skin. That’s…
Read MoreDeath by Suicide Part 1
If you have lost someone to suicide, let me first start by saying that I am so sorry for your loss. Losing a loved one to death by suicide is like a triple whammy of losses: grief + sudden loss + trauma. Grief is what we feel as we process and try to make sense…
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