Peaceful Parenting

How to raise happy and resilient children

Erin Leonard Ph.D.

Becoming Fearless When You Feel Insecure

One of the most difficult aspects of being human is feeling insecure. Yet, fighting through insecurity is easier than it seems. Here are four tips to becoming fearless.

Narcissism Versus Empathy

The argument against empathy is flawed for three important reasons. Understanding them is critical in clarifying what empathy is and why it is imperative to human beings.

Your Relationship or Your Mental Health?

Three signs indicate a relationship may be bad for you. If a relationship is plagued with these dynamics, it is important to know how to figure it out.

The Secret To Teaching A Child Empathy

Amidst a sea of suggestions about how to teach a child empathy, there is one sure-fire way. Knowing this bit of information helps transform your relationship with your child.

The Uncertainty of What Comes Next

Worry about what's to come is natural. Yet anxiety can paralyze us. To remain peaceful. we need the tools to keep it at a manageable level.

Empathy and Logic

Empathy is a powerful gift. Clarification about what it is and how to use it is critical.

Trauma Touches Every Child

In a world filled with tragedy, it is important to know how to help your child when they are exposed to it.

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Being emotionally invested while maintaining a logical perspective is key to both healthy relationships and good decision making. Here's how to do it.

Holiday Drama

The holiday season can be full of joy and family dysfunction. However, there is a way to nip family drama in the bud before it escalates.

Why Do Break-Ups Hurt?

Often a person is decimated by a break-up even when the relationship was painful and unsatisfying. Why does losing something—even something bad—hurt?

Helping Your Child When They Won't Tell You What Is Wrong

Knowing how to help a child when they are in crisis is critical. How a parent handles the situation can heal their child and strengthen the parent/child bond or drive them away.

How to Bypass a Narcissist

Dealing with a narcissist induces anxiety, dread, and hopelessness. Yet, there are three keys to unlocking your power in the relationship. Bypass and surpass the narcissist.

Lies, Manipulations, and Distortions

Does a conflict with your partner leave you feeling like you are in the twilight zone? Is their version of reality completely different from yours? There may be a reason.

Beautifully Insecure

When I'm with a client who is beating themselves up for a mistake and wonders how to make it right or do things differently, I consider them to be insecure in a healthy way.

How to Identify and Inoculate a Toxic Friendship

Learning to handle toxic individuals is an essential skill. Identifying toxicity and acquiring emotional space protects you and allows you to thrive.

Green With Envy

When a parent helps a child make sense of what they're feeling, the child gains the ability to trust how they feel and understand themselves and the world.

Is It Mental Dysfunction Or Are You Just Human?

It's true that intense anxiety and self-doubt can make you feel like you're losing your mind. But that doesn't mean you have—here's why.

The Psychological Phenomena That Generate Hate

Hate is like a fire, given the right conditions, the fire rages and spreads uncontrollably. Yet, understanding the psychology behind hate is the most effective way to stop it.

The Two Types Of Sensitivity

Imagine, for a moment, that a person's identity or sense of self has a structure inside of their chest. One is a wooden box and the other is glass.

Is He a Bad Guy or Just Bad at Relationships?

It's not just men. Your partner, of any gender, may be a good person, but terrible at relationships. Here are 3 ways to assess their ability to maintain a healthy relationship.

How to Help the Empath

Feeling other people's emotional pain is a gift and a curse. Protecting the gift and using it to heal others is a rare and underutilized power.

The Comparison Game

Life is often about the ability to fight through anxiety and stick with something long enough to find a comfortable stride or niche.

Why Kids Cut

Almost fifty percent of teens in the US have cut or engaged in some sort self harm. Understanding why kids cut is critical in stopping it. Parents have the power to protect kids.

When There Is a Narcissist in Your Work Space

Three quarters of workers have experienced or witnessed workplace bullying. You may be the target but not realize it because you've been convinced that you're the problem.

When You Can't Get Closure

Conflict can drive people apart or bring them together. We can move on if conflict is resolved productively. Yet sometimes this isn't possible. Here's help.

6 Research-Based Ways to Systematically Reduce Family Stress

The daily responsibilities of running a family often leave parents feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and like they're barely holding things together. Six simple things can help.

How To Stop Beating Yourself Up

Do you spend a lot of time beating yourself up? The ability to let yourself off the hook effectively is relieving and freeing. Take two steps towards self-empathy and find peace.

How to Help Your Child With Back-to-School Anxiety

Back to school anxieties are normal. Helping your child quiet these worries allows them to start the school year confidently. Three simple techniques help with this process.

Sympathy Versus Empathy

Raise a child with a solid work ethic and a tendency to appreciate. It's a simple switch in mind set, but it guarantees a lifetime of closeness and peace with your child.

Chemical Romance

Are you profoundly devastated after a break-up or rejection? There is a reason for it, and understanding it is critical.

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