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Category Archives: improving communication

The BEST Family Idea in a LONG Time Just in Time for Thanksgiving!

November 19, 2021

In research done on kids and resilience, that is, the ability to overcome difficulty, researchers discovered an odd connection: Kids …

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Building a Bridge Toward Young Adulthood: STOP Trying to Fix Things

October 27, 2021

Do you ever have times when you’re just trying to help but one of your kids blows up in your …

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The Right Amount of Busy

September 19, 2021

Like me, I’ll bet one of the first things you noticed about The COVID Shutdown of Spring 2020 was that …

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A Case for FAMILY Dinners

April 3, 2021

You may not have thought about this before, but teens experience what public health folks call, “optional morbidity,” meaning that …

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Some Things Have Changed But BALANCE Remains the Key

February 19, 2021

Maybe you remember teaching your kid to ride a bike. Many of us began with training wheels. The little guy …

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Mrs. Mohrs . . .with gratitude

November 27, 2020

We all had one like her: she wore a little too much perfume, strong perfume; her cheeks were a little …

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Conflict is Inevitable; Combat, Maybe NOT

November 6, 2020

In my line of work, I see a lot of family conflict and almost without exception, parents AND teens seem …

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Would You Like to Do a Better Job of Connecting With Your Teen?

October 2, 2020

Of all the questions parents ask, THE NUMBER ONE they want to know is: HOW CAN I DO BETTER AT …

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Understanding Double-Speak: verbal + non-verbal

September 25, 2020

A super-interesting finding in linguistic research is that in human communication, about 85% of the message is non-verbal. It is …

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The BEST Family Idea in a LONG Time Just in Time for Thanksgiving!

November 14, 2018

In research done on kids and resilience, that is, the ability to overcome difficulty, researchers discovered an odd connection: Kids …

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Kathleen Fischer

Kathleen is a popular speaker in corporate, church, and community settings as well as a sought after family/parenting coach for individuals and groups.

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