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11/03/2025

10/18/2025

How to Initiate a Conversation with Your Children About Their School Day

Dr. Basu recommends her favorite inquiries to pose to children about school.

For preschoolers and elementary-aged children, consider the following:
Who did you interact with during recess?
What activities did you engage in during PE class?
Who experienced difficulties in school today?
What challenges did you face today, and who assisted you?
What was the highlight of your day?
For older children, specific questions may include:
Who was your partner during the science lab?
What was the most amusing incident that occurred today?
Who did you socialize with during lunch?
Who is your favorite or least favorite teacher this year?
Is there anything I can do to support you today?

Begin by Sharing Your Own Day
Children are more likely to open up to us if we reciprocate, notes Elizabeth Manly, a former elementary teacher and founder of Discovery Play With Littles. Initiate a casual conversation with your child by sharing details about your day. Providing specific information can be helpful. You can mention everyday experiences, such as forgetting your coffee or breaking your favorite pen.

Effective communication is crucial in encouraging your child to share their thoughts with you. It must be a reciprocal process. Maintaining direct eye contact during communication is essential, as it conveys your interest in their day and demonstrates that you care.

10/17/2025

✨We’re excited to announce the winner of our Self-Care Giveaway!✨

Congratulations to Alayna Ryker 🎉

You’ll be receiving our thoughtfully curated self-care basket, complete with mindfulness tools, comfort items, and a $30 Ophelia’s Cup gift card to enjoy.

Thank you to everyone who participated by liking and tagging friends. Your engagement helps us continue building a compassionate, supportive community that values mental wellness and connection. 💚

We look forward to more ways to connect, grow, and support your journey toward living well. 🌿

10/15/2025

It’s the last day to enter our October Self-Care giveaway! The winner will be announced tomorrow right here on our page 🎉

10/02/2025

🌿 Living Well Counseling Giveaway! 🌿

We believe in the power of kindness, care, and small daily practices that nurture your well-being. In honor of World Mental Health Day on October 10th, we’ve put together a beautiful Self-Care Basket filled with calming and uplifting treasures:

✨ $30 Ophelia's Cup gift card
✨ Green tea
✨ The Kindness Method book
✨ Positive affirmation coloring book + colored pencils
✨ A journal for reflection
✨ A Little Frog’s Guide to Self-Care
✨ A calming rollerball with essential oil
✨ Mindful affirmation cards
✨ Cozy blanket
✨ “Growth Mindset” mug
✨ A Year of Self Care: Daily Practices

💚 Here’s how to enter:

1. Make sure you are following Living Well Counseling on Facebook
2. Like this post and share it to your page or story
3. Tag a friend (or two!) who deserves a little extra care

The more friends you tag, the more entries you get! 🌱

We’ll announce the winner right here on October 16th. Whether you keep this basket for yourself or share it with someone who needs encouragement, we hope it brings warmth and peace.

Because living well means caring for ourselves and for each other. 💚

09/18/2025

Have the courage to be imperfect.

09/18/2025

Mistakes are the best ways to learn. Being kind to yourself, especially in your self talk, matters. Sometimes when things don't go as we think they should, we feel disappointed. That's OK. But sometimes learning what we can from each situation makes us able to overcome and not make the same mistakes again. You are not made to be perfect. You are made to be real. Be kind to yourself, and others. It will bring you joy and peace.

09/06/2025

Celebrating 8 years of serving our community! We truly love what we do and we are so grateful for the trust and support we've received along the way. Here's to many more years of helping people find hope and healing!

Take a look at our updated website: livinglifewelltoday.com

08/31/2025

To be your own best friend means allowing yourself to have self-care. One of those ways is to allow yourself to have rest every day, set realistic expectations for yourself and to do something every day that you love. We must balance the things we have to do, with the things we want to do. Otherwise you will feel physically, emotionally and spiritually depleted. If you’re not sure how to create that balanced life, please give us a call. We would love to walk with you in your journey in this life.

08/05/2025

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08/03/2025

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07/01/2025

There is a love language we don't talk about much.

It's the quiet act of someone choosing to work on themselves.

Not just for their own sake, but for the health of the relationship.

It’s easy to say “That’s just how I am,” and expect others to accept our flaws and triggers as unchangeable parts of us.

But real love ..... deep, mature love, looks different.

It’s someone who recognizes their wounds and patterns, and instead of making them your burden, takes responsibility for their healing.

It’s the partner who notices when their words cut too deep, or when old habits threaten new happiness, and chooses to do the work to grow.

You deserve someone who doesn’t expect you to simply tolerate the parts of them that hurt you.

You deserve someone who sees the impact of their actions and is willing to change, not because you demand it, but because they care about your peace, your safety, and your heart.

Love isn’t just about grand gestures or sweet words.

Sometimes, it’s about accountability.

It’s about someone who looks at their own reflection and says, “I want to be better for me, for you, for us.”

That’s the kind of love that builds trust, deepens connection, and heals old wounds.

Always remember .... you are worthy of a love that grows.

Of a partner who chooses healing over excuses, effort over complacency.

Don’t settle for less than someone who’s willing to do the work, because that’s a love language that will last a lifetime.