Three life lessons that impact the quality of your child’s education

by Joanna Jullien | Jan 28, 2019 | Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Discipline, Education, Family, Internet Social Networks, Learning disabilities, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Relationship, Wisdom, Youth Suicide

Last week I attended the third annual California Student Mental Wellness Conference, co-sponsored by Wellness Together and the California State Department of Education. This is to share some insights about the challenges educators and students face today, and I offer...

Steps to redirect your child’s thinking habits to inspire confidence

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...

Signs your smartphone is controlling you and your family

by Joanna Jullien | Dec 21, 2018 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's mental health, Education, Family, Internet addiction, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parenting, Social Media, Texting, Wisdom

As an educator and coach on parenting and family life, I have studied how the pedophiles and commercial interests engage tech-savvy youth so they can exploit them. To that end, I teach caring adults how to engage youth to empower them and impart wisdom. In this...

Steps every family can take to stem the tide of the opioid epidemic

by Joanna Jullien | Nov 21, 2018 | addiction, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, Parenting, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Uncategorized, Wisdom

As someone who has a passion for establishing open communication about the adult issues impacting the lives of youth and families, I want to share a community’s hopeful response to the opioid epidemic which has touched every family and community in some way. Last...

Three radical ways your teen experiences love in your home

by Joanna Jullien | Aug 23, 2018 | Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, Happiness, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Social Media, Uncategorized

Now more than ever parents need to reassess how their children experience love in the home. Today’s youth are swimming in a sea of judgment. It is easy to believe things that are not true (i.e., I am not worthy of acceptance) and focus on things that don’t really...

Finding the opportunity to create positive social norms for tech-savvy youth in a state with legal adult-use cannabis

by Joanna Jullien | Mar 13, 2018 | addiction, Cannabis use among youth, Children's mental health, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Teen Drinking, Teen drug addiction, Uncategorized, Wisdom

Last month, over 900 educators and school counselors convened at William Jessup University in Rocklin to attend the Second Annual Student Mental Health Conference. The event was organized by Wellness Together, a non-profit devoted to student counseling services with...