Niki Weston FNP-C

09/29/2023

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Bravery isn't the absence of fear but the strength to face it head-on. As parents, our actions speak louder than words. If we want our children to approach us with their toughest challenges, we must lead by example and show them that difficult conversations are worth having. 🤝💬

09/18/2023

09/14/2023

Do what you can. ❤️

and by Marc and Angel Hack Life - Practical Tips for Productive Living

06/11/2023

Catalyst Physical Therapy in Hamilton, Montana is Hiring a new Physical Therapist! Is this YOU?

Our Clinic Provides:
🔹The Best Life-Work Balance in the Bitterroot Valley
🔹Excellent Benefit Package
🔹Supportive, Easy-Going, & Friendly Work Environment

If this looks intriguing to you,
Check out our indeed post or visit catalystptmt.com
Or, call 406-363-2494
To schedule a time to talk with us.

You will see what makes us different from other clinics in the Valley! 🏔️

04/27/2023

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03/17/2023

The idea of losing a child is terrifying. Here are the warning signs of teen su***de that every parent needs to know.

03/05/2023

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01/24/2023

Oh junior high….I certainly have a soft spot for all my adolescents. They have so much going on in those bodies, their heads, their lives 💕

The first year of middle school is awful for pretty much the entire universe. Now that you know this, hopefully the rest will be tolerable.

12/29/2022

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Did you know that human babies are the most vulnerable, contact dependent, slowest developing social mammal on the planet?

Compared to other mammals, the human brain is tiny at birth; a mere 25% of its ultimate adult size.

Animals born into hostile environments tend to have larger infant brains to help them survive. Zebras, for example, need to be able to run with the herd just hours after birth – their relatively mature brains help them run and respond when a lion appears.

But, mother nature always has a survival strategy. So, what is the survival strategy for human babies? Easy. Mum and Dad. Without their parents, they couldn’t survive and so much of their behaviour is designed to keep us close most, if not all the time.

So, we need to give babies enormous amounts of love, touch and attention to allow them to thrive, not just survive, both day and night. And we should feel good about it - it’s what we’re instinctively driven to do. Despite what our society may say it’s biologically impossible to spoil a baby with love.

The first 3 years of life represent the most rapid period of brain development in our children’s lifetime. In the first 1000 days of life, a staggering 1M neural connections are made each second. These connections determine what kind of brain your baby grows. A brain that is balanced, stable, and resilient to stress. Or a brain that is unbalanced, over reactive and struggles to cope with stress.

While genetics provides a blueprint for brain development, it’s a child’s environment and their experiences that carry out the construction, forming the essential wiring of the brain. Repeated use of particular pathways strengthens individual connections.

Neural connections in the brain are vital in developing emotional regulation abilities. This is why it’s critical that we provide our children with experiences that contribute to healthy brain development.

So hug your baby, pick them up, hold them, nurture them, be with them.

🔥 Counting down the Top 10 posts off 2022 in no particular order 📷:  💛