The biology of love: Insights on being a joyful parent

by Joanna Jullien | Mar 13, 2020 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, God's love, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parenting, Recovery, Social Media, Wisdom

Yesterday I attended a very instructive and inspirational presentation by Barbara Field, LMFT at the Sacramento Women’s Association for Addiction Treatment. Her topic was the on the neurobiology of secure attachment and its relationship to addiction. In other words,...

Wherever you are, be there: Parenting attention in the home

by Joanna Jullien | Feb 17, 2020 | addiction, Boundaries, Discipline, Family, Internet addiction, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parenting, Social Media, Texting, Wisdom

One of my favorite sayings I heard over 30 years ago from a community college professor in Sacramento. At that time, I had recently graduated from university and I wanted to apply my training in behavioral science to better understand how technology could be used to...

The wisdom of love in an evidence-based culture: Parenting an anxious child

by Joanna Jullien | Feb 11, 2020 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Depression, Drug Abuse and Youth, Eating disorders, Faith, Family, Internet porn, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parenting, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Wisdom

Last month I was honored to deliver a training on The Role of the Parent in Healing a Suffering Child: Insights about love in response to anxiety and addiction as a family disease (affair) at the community lunch and learn event sponsored by Sierra Vista Hospital....

On the spiritual and emotional intelligence of being a parent today (Part Two): The authority to love

by Joanna Jullien | Feb 11, 2020 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Recovery, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Wisdom

Executive Summary This feature is Part Two of the discourse On the need for spiritual and emotional intelligence in being a parent today (Part One), based upon a training at Sierra Vista Hospital last month about the role of a parent in healing a suffering child....

On the need for spiritual and emotional intelligence in being a parent today (Part One)

by Joanna Jullien | Feb 5, 2020 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Eating disorders, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Parenting, Recovery, Sex and sexual exploitation, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Wisdom

Executive summary This feature is for parents who are dealing with children and/or teens experiencing high anxiety, depression, hostile or withdrawn behavior, and/or are addicted to devices or drugs. And these insights will also help counselors, therapists and...

2020 Hindsight: Make this the year of creating a culture of connection at home

by Joanna Jullien | Jan 7, 2020 | Boundaries, Children's Health & Mental Health, Discipline, Faith, Family, Internet addiction, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Wisdom

Fifteen years ago, just before the advent of smartphones and social media, mobile devices landed in the hands of youth. At that time, my youngest hit middle school. He had purchased a “pay-as-you-go” mobile device with his own paper route money. My husband and I...