I have been working with teenagers and their families for over 20 years! The adolescent stage is the whitewater rafting ride of...

I have been neglecting my blog. In days with lots of words, opinions blasted every which way, I have felt highly unmotivated to post...

Every company, church, school, and non-profit drifts from their intended purpose. We draw up mission statements to keep us on track....

I have witnessed paralyzing fear build walls between parents and kids. My guess is that if any adult sat down with a piece of paper and a...

Here we go parents! Session #3 will normalize your life! Every parent of teenagers is facing this. The push and pull with your kids is...

In March of 2018 Psychology Today featured a cover story on the topic of loneliness. “A problem of epidemic proportions,” they claim....

Forgive me for so many weeks off from blogging! The Jersey Shore held me hostage... The right side of my brain is like an overgrown...

I have worked with teenagers, children and families for the last 20 years. One of my conclusions: living a life of purpose, wholeness and...

Part one: Chores and Family Time That awful insecurity still rises up in me now and then. It's ugly. My mid-forties, how is this...

BY DAWN POULTERER-WOODS September 18, 2018 The over-scheduled, technology drenched life is killing us. It chokes out quiet, it chokes out...