Emotional Wellness

Personal and professional experience combined with healthy discernment can inform suicide prevention initiatives, which emphasize society-wide knowledge, skill, and ability where it matters.

Why I stopped trying to “overcome” and started building environments that work.

Social media can be unreal - almost a nonsensical satire —a statement is made, then one reaction sparks a cascade, and suddenly the noise is everywhere. When the reels from Literacy Now, Together dropped and the conversation on X started, I felt my nerves kick in.

Welcome to the debut of Raising Moxie's Avatar! We want to know what you think we should name her! Get back to us and let us know!

Over- & under-accommodation both harm. Let’s stop patching symptoms & start building real support. Every child deserves to be seen.

As a psychologist, I strongly oppose the universal application of coping-focused training—especially for children. Whether tied to thoughts or not, scripted “calm-down plans” reflect what people do when they’re overwhelmed and out of depth.

A raw and resilient personal story from Dr. Karin Hodges—of surviving trauma, swimming to safety, and choosing to dive back in to rescue others. A narrative of persistence, purpose, and systemic reform.

Assuming their basic needs are met, children are naturally emotionally contained by their environment. However, life happens—stress and challenges arise, such as loss, transgressions, or upcoming challenges—and kids will feel emotions!

Stress is neither good nor bad - it is an adaptive response to an internal or external stressor. Some stressors have use - like exercise that grows strength and fitness and meaningful schoolwork that enhances learning. Other stressors seems useless. They only tax the system for no other gain. And these can add up. Here are six causes of non-productive stress - those useless stressors in kids’ lives.

Encourages adults to support kids by breaking from experimental social-emotional programs and running towards evidence-based principles.