by Joanna Jullien | Aug 13, 2019 | Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Discipline, Faith, Family, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Social Media, Wisdom
Concepts for crucial conversations Guidance for conversations with youth in a cyber-powered world, wherein it is easy to believe things that are not true and focus on things that do not really mater. Brave versus Risky Both can make you feel discomfort. However, you...
by Joanna Jullien | Feb 5, 2019 | Anxiety, Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Drug Abuse and Youth, Faith, Internet addiction, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Social Media, Suicide, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
Last month at the Women’s Association for Addiction Treatment, Sacramento Chapter member meeting, Dr. Suzanne Pereira, Clinical Director at New Dawn Treatment Centers in Sacramento, spoke about the process of wellness transformation in response to addiction as a...
by Joanna Jullien | Jan 8, 2019 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Education, Faith, Family, Happiness, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Social Media, Suicide, Teenagers, Texting, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
One significant challenge for youth today is that they are born into a cyber-powered world that hypes negative reasoning. This is an intense environment which when unchecked can shape a personal view of the world; that it is never going to “feel safe.” And this world...
by Joanna Jullien | Oct 30, 2018 | Anxiety, Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Peer abuse, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Jeremiah Aha, M.A., M.Div, APCC, is the Assistant Director and Therapist at Wellness Together in Rocklin. Wellness Together focuses on providing mental health services for youth and is a preferred service provider for schools and families in the Sacramento region and...
by Joanna Jullien | Jul 6, 2018 | Abuse & Violence, Bullying, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Last week on the CBS morning show there was a segment on “Uncivility” that featured anthropologist, Helen Fisher, a research fellow at the Kinsey Institute. She explained why we are experiencing so much uncivility which is disturbing everyone. To explain uncivility,...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 27, 2018 | Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyberbullying, Faith, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Sexting, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Suicide, Teenagers, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Executive summary Studies and personal experiences indicate that tech-savvy youth are more vulnerable to depression and suicidal ideation than pre-internet generations Parents and youth are dealing with strong barriers to the head-to-heart communication essential to...
