Mental Health
Feb 21, 2016 | 3 comments
Music is powerful. It's the creative and colorful backdrop in our daily lives. Sometimes it takes center stage, a vehicle to help process experiences, emotions and make a statement reflecting inner va...
Mental Health | Positive Psychology | Skills and Strategies
Sep 17, 2015 | 1 comment
My husband Jim loves football and is a huge Patriots and Tom Brady fan. In the twenty years we have been together, I don't think he has ever missed watching a game. This week, my husband picked up an ...
Mental Health | Motherhood | Parenting | Writing Life
Jul 19, 2015 | No comments
I am excited to share that I have created and launched a new website, DrClaireNicogossian.com. A couple years ago, when I developed MomsWellBeing.com, I never could have imagined this site and writing...
Mental Health | Motherhood
Jul 13, 2015 | 1 comment
Self-Care is any activity that restores, replenishes and balances physical, emotional, mental and spiritual parts of oneself. The demands of caring for and raising children can make self-care seem lik...
Mental Health | Parenting | Self-care | Stress in Motherhood
Jul 06, 2015 | No comments
The birth of a baby brings about a range of emotions-joy, relief, elation, and feelings of being overwhelmed, tired, and sometimes, depression. The hormonal fluctuations and changes after a woman has ...
Children | Communication | Mental Health
Jun 24, 2015 | 1 comment
The teenage years are an intense time for children and parents. The developmental push for independence and creation of a personal identity is the foundation of adolescent life and often results in a ...
Communication | Mental Health | Self-care | Skills and Strategies | Stress in Motherhood
Apr 02, 2015 | 1 comment
The past winter has been anything but typical in my household. Living in the Northeast, we've had massive amounts of snow, which equals lots of snow days and missed school. Add to the mix, colds and v...
Communication | Marriage/Partnership | Mental Health | Stress in Motherhood
Feb 08, 2015 | No comments
We live in a world bombarded with images, ideas and influences about sex. It's challenging to sift through sexual truth versus sexual myth. Many people wonder what is a healthy and normal sex life. ...
Family of Origin | In-law Relatioship | Mental Health | Self-care | Skills and Strategies | Stress in Motherhood
Nov 30, 2014 | 1 comment
How was your Thanksgiving? Peaceful, relaxing and enjoyable? Did everything go just as planned with no stress? Did you have moments with your parents, in-laws or siblings that were enjoyable,...
Mental Health | Self-care | Skills and Strategies | Stress in Motherhood
Nov 23, 2014 | 1 comment
Ready or not, time is ticking and the holiday season is upon us. Although retailers have us convinced the season started back in October when Halloween decor and candy shared space along Christmas and...
Child Development | Mental Health | Skills and Strategies | Stress in Motherhood
Oct 14, 2014 | No comments
The world of late seems overwhelmingly saturated with awful, heart-wrenching events in local, national and world news. Every day there seems to be negative, scary, and overwhelming information bombard...
Mental Health
Aug 21, 2014 | 1 comment
September is Suicide Awareness Month. While it can be a difficult topic to talk about, we need to be talking about it and reaching out to those who are feeling isolated, hopeless and having thoughts o...