When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

My husband and I live in a four-bedroom house with our three kids and two of their partners. Our household is busy and bustling; there isn't a lot of extra space, but there's always extra help. To ...

The author's father told him to mow lawns if he wanted money. Source: Magic K/Pexels I believe I developed my self-reliance naturally as a survival mechanism because my parents were neglectful and ...