by Britt Smith | Mar 16, 2021 | ACES, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, Newsletters, parenting, TBRI, teens
Being a parent is one of life’s most challenging responsibilities at the best of times. When you’re in the middle of multiple crises like those triggered by the pandemic, it becomes unimaginably challenging. At a time when we’re all doing our best to keep things...
by April Bordeau | Mar 16, 2021 | ACES, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, Marriage, Newsletters, parenting, play
I can’t tell you how many times a friend or a client has said, “I’m glad I grew up when I did. I wouldn’t want to be a kid today.” Ignoring the fact most of us tend to look at the past with nostalgia, there is some truth to that sentiment. Today’s children are...
by April Bordeau | Sep 28, 2020 | abuse, ACES, Divorce, forgiveness, grief, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, suicide, trauma
What has been done to you and what you have experienced, does not need to be a life sentence of despair. Abandonment. Alcoholism. Adultery. Abuse. Addiction. Divorce. Poverty. Suicide. We don’t get to choose what runs in our family or how we’ve been touched by these...
by April Bordeau | Aug 16, 2020 | About Us, ACES, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, trauma, trauma informed
Medical science has learned much about the ways our brains work, and some of the most important discoveries focus on the interaction between our physical and mental health. As researchers discover more about the effects emotions have upon the brain’s functioning,...
by Mike Spencer | Jul 7, 2020 | ACES, Counseling, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, parenting
When kids want to know something, they invariably turn to the local experts who seem to know everything about anything, their parents. Although parents know they really don’t have all the answers, they do their best to answer a never-ending stream of questions from...
by Brittany Smith | Jan 27, 2020 | ACES, church, Newsletters, trauma informed
Why do some children sit in a classroom, listen attentively, and behave well, while others find it almost impossible to focus and lash out against the adults who are trying to teach them? For generations, the assumptions have been about how they were raised or how...
