Perfectionism and Anxiety
Do you ever have the thought “I’m not good enough”? Not the one that says “I haven’t yet acquired the skills to perform this task.” I...
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Manon Sookocheff
- Mar 27, 2023
- 28 min
Healing: Finding Your Way From Pain to Peace…And How Your Body Can Help
We all want to feel peaceful and free. We all want to be the best version of ourselves, yet we tend to make the same mistakes time and...
Manon Sookocheff
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
You Really Are What You Believe ... But You Don’t Have to Be
We’ve all heard Einstein’s saying that we can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it. Similarly, we can’t create the...
Manon Sookocheff
- Aug 9, 2022
- 6 min
Anxiety — Why It Stops Us In Our Tracks And Takes Over Our Life
What IS anxiety, REALLY? And why do we “get” anxiety in the first place? Living organisms are engineered and programmed for survival....
Manon Sookocheff
- Feb 6, 2022
- 8 min
When Your Truth Isn’t the Truth, You Suffer No Matter What
I am stupid, worthless, shameful, unlovable, undeserving, bad, not enough, damaged, powerless, inadequate, < insert belief >. If any of...
Manon Sookocheff
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
Feeling Your Way Through
When we feel things we don’t want to feel, we try to push them aside (and sadly, we have been culturally programmed to view this as a...
Manon Sookocheff
- Jun 19, 2020
- 5 min
Helping Kids Calm Down, Concentrate, and Learn More Effectively
Have you ever wondered why your child might be having trouble focusing for more than seconds at a time? Do you often think he’s...
Manon Sookocheff
- Mar 25, 2020
- 4 min
In This Together – Worksheets, Schedules, or Not
Nobody knows exactly what is going on right now, or how long it will be going on for. It is unprecedented. That means a lot of things …...
Manon Sookocheff
- Mar 12, 2020
- 2 min
We Are Peanuts
Everywhere we turn, we hear about the Coronavirus. I don’t claim to understand the situation fully, but here is what I do get, and why I...
Manon Sookocheff
- Aug 28, 2018
- 7 min
Vous Êtes Punis
« Les élèves ne m’écoutent pas, ils parlent quand je parle, ils n’arrêtent pas quand je leur demande, ils se lèvent n’importe quand, ils...
Manon Sookocheff
- Apr 27, 2017
- 2 min
Tapping Out Of Anxiety
Events don’t traumatize us. They also don’t cause us to become anxious. It’s the meaning we attach to those events that does – the...
Manon Sookocheff
- Mar 22, 2017
- 5 min
Tantrum Management – Or Helping a Child Out of Panic
To help a toddler in the throes of a tantrum, or a child in the agony of sheer panic, it is crucial to understand what is happening to...
Manon Sookocheff
- Mar 22, 2017
- 8 min
Tantrum Management – Or Helping a Child Out of Panic: A Step-by-Step Guide
If you haven’t done so already, you may want to start by reading Tantrum Management – Or Helping a Child Out of Panic. Increasing Safety...
Manon Sookocheff
- Mar 8, 2017
- 5 min
Prove It Woman
A few years ago, I knew a man. He was part of a man’s world. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science. He studied Probabilistic Reasoning in...
Manon Sookocheff
- Feb 28, 2017
- 4 min
A Well-Behaved Child Is A Connected Child
Dr. Laura Markham, clinical psychologist specializing in child development and parenting, without who I have NO idea how I would do this...
Manon Sookocheff
- Feb 21, 2017
- 3 min
“Punish and They Will Learn” - But What Exactly Will They Learn?
We love our children and want them to “be good”. So when they “misbehave”, we want to “teach them a lesson”. We want the consequence to...
Manon Sookocheff
- Feb 14, 2017
- 6 min
How Do I Teach My Children to Treat Me? And How Do I Treat Them?
Why me first? I can’t help you breathe if I’m not breathing. Keeping in mind that the way our children treat us is a reflection of the...
Manon Sookocheff
- Feb 7, 2017
- 6 min
Compassion - Be The Pebble
Everywhere I turn, political views are being expressed. Some share their surprise, their discouragement, their anger, their fears, their...
Manon Sookocheff
- Jan 10, 2017
- 3 min
My Personal Struggle With Anxiety
I suffered with debilitating anxiety for many years. For the first few years (it really set in at 15 years old), I received a diagnosis...
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