Category: Reader’s Choice Winners
Compass – 5 Tips for Grateful Living
Here at Family Guiding, we believe that gratitude is not something to be expressed just once a year, but every day, in the smallest of moments. Being grateful is more than just positive thinking; it is a true understanding of what is important in your life. Living in gratitude helps to change your perspective…
Nutrition – Cultivating Self-Acceptance
One day, while pulling weeds in a far corner of my garden, I noticed some plants that looked out of place. Curious, I rubbed their feathery green leaves between my thumb and index finger, releasing a sweet familiar scent. These were tomato seedlings. I had grown a few varieties of tomatoes the year before. Somehow [...]
Psychology – Who is The Fairest of Them All?
In a world of 6 billion people, there are an infinite number of ways to be different, to stand out from the crowd, to pave your own path. And yet many of us struggle with balancing the need to fit in with the need to be unique. Our sense of self is not always just [...]
Parenting – Finding a Life Line
I imagine that many people experience moments in their lives that become polarized in their memories. Perhaps it was a conversation that you had with a complete stranger, a sunset or a glance from someone across the room. I experienced one such polarizing moment in a small examination room at Stony Brook Hospital. “The result [...]
Education – Thinking On My Feet
My two boys are of the very active, slightly rambunctious and incredibly inquisitive variety. They have short attention spans, unless they are really hooked. It is scary when it comes time to turn off the TV. What is the hook going to be? The scariness is compounded now that they are at the age where [...]
Arts – Mommy Comes Back
Ask anyone you come across to tell you what they are scared of and you will get roughly the same answers. A childhood friend of mine was terrified of roller coasters. My mother simply cannot deal with centipedes. Even my cat runs for cover from thunderstorms. Once you pick through the tangible fears–the creepiness of [...]
Cause – Five Locked Doors
While we are celebrating independence there are many families who are being forced into complete dependence for food, shelter and other basic survival needs. Some people may perceive this dependence by way of the amount of taxes paid to the government and others notice the hardships that accompany such dependence. Either way, I am assuming we can [...]
Parenting – Learning to Walk Alone
During my short career as a parent there have been moments of resentment about the loss of freedom and independence I knew as a childless woman. Before I gave birth to my son I was fully aware that I would soon say goodbye to the life I was so familiar with. I did all of [...]
