Simone Scully

Mindful parenting can benefit your child’s emotional development as well as your own peace of mind. Before you become a parent or caregiver, you may have lots of ideas about what kind of parent or caregiver you’ll be and what your relationship with your child or children might look like. Then comes your toddler’s first full-on temper tantrum. In that moment, it can be incredibly difficult to control your own emotions, let alone figure out how best to support your child. You’re not alone if any i

We all know that job interviews are supposed to be an opportunity for you to interview your future employer too, but it’s easy to forget that when you’re actually in an interview. These meetings are stressful, whether they’re in person or on Zoom, so it’s easy for your nerves to get the better of you. You’re so busy telling the interviewer why you’re so great that you forget to pay attention to their body language and demeanor toward you, let alone any small and unusual comments they might make

A chest tube can help drain air, blood, or fluid from the pleural space, which is the space surrounding your lungs. Inserting a chest tube is called a chest tube thoracostomy. It’s typically an emergency procedure, but it might also be done if you’ve had surgery done on the organs or tissues in your chest cavity. During chest tube insertion, a hollow plastic tube is inserted between your ribs into the pleural space. This tube may be connected to a machine to help with the drainage. The tube will

Co-parenting with someone who shows narcissistic traits is tough — but there are ways to cope. Here are some tips. Co-parenting, which is a shared parenting arrangement by two people who aren’t in a relationship and are living apart, can be challenging, even under the best circumstances. After all, you’re making decisions about your kids’ education, medical care, religious upbringing, and other important things with a person whom you may not like or agree with. But co-parenting can be particular

rowing up, reading books was my favorite activity (my father didn’t allow us to have a TV). And when my family moved from Minnesota to southern France for my dad’s job right before my fifth birthday, reading became a therapeutic means for me to self-soothe. I neither knew the language nor anything at all really about my new home. But, I was learning to read and I quickly realized that books were my cheat sheet: I could read about this new place; I could read about the characters my classmates me