How Deep Belly Breathing Can Help Your Child Cope With Big Feelings
Breathing.
It's something we so often take for granted.
Most of us rarely even think about it until we are faced with an incident that impacts our ability to breathe freely. But what if practicing how we breathe could help us cope in these challenging situations?...
Ground Your Kids To Help Them Manage BIG Feelings
In previous blog posts, we talked about the emotional roller coaster of feelings and introduced you to the topic of emotional regulation, including what it is and what it is not. We discussed the purpose and function of feelings, and the importance of making friends with feelings, and introduced...
Eight Ways to Help Your Homeschooler With Emotional Regulation
Today, we are going to lay the groundwork for an eight-part series to help you teach your child how to manage BIG feelings. Today's post is an overview and an introduction. ...
Handling BIG Feelings With The Power of the Pause
Today, we are going to introduce you to one simple yet powerful technique to help you and your homeschool student manage BIG feelings, The Power of the Pause. ...
How To Help Your Homeschooler Manage the Emotional Roller Coaster
Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster Big feelings. Are you sure you’re tall enough to ride this ride? Then again, are any of us? Well, buckle up, buttercup. It’s going to get a bit bumpy but we will get through this together. For better or worse, emotions are a part...
Professional Bloggers, Want To Be a Part of Our Village?
Are you a licensed mental health professional (counselor, social worker, marriage and family therapist, psychologist, etc.), educator, therapist (OT, PT, or SLT), or professional coach who enjoys writing?
Perhaps you are a professional looking for a way to share your knowledge with the homeschooling community while also benefiting from...
Autism Advocate and Athlete Kadin McElwain Inspires Others to Overcome
The year was 2019. Like most high school students, I was looking forward to a new school year, full of classes, cross-country meets, and academic achievements. I was looking forward to my junior and senior years most of all, as these were the last two years of high school...
Professional Counseling Versus Coaching for Homeschooling Families: What’s the Difference?
**This post contains affiliate links. In our previous blog posts, we welcomed you to The Homeschool Counseling Network, outlined our mission and vision, highlighted how different mental health providers can support homeschooling families, touted the merits of allied health professionals, and introduced you to Counseling 101. Today we are...
Welcome to The Homeschool Counseling Network
Hi there, My name is Kimberly Bennett. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor turned homeschool mom of one. In my pre-homeschool mommy life, I worked as a professional counselor in various settings from juvenile justice to public education to psychiatric hospitals before launching my private practice. In 2013, I...
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