Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.

09/17/2025

09/10/2025

I've posted shots of the sweet victories I'm so grateful for; made possible by surviving a nearly fatal ruptured brain aneurysm, but the real story is found in the day to day work healing my brain and body from the effects of a serious subarachnoid hemorrhage. This might look easy, but it felt like pulling my leg through concrete.

08/27/2025

Exactly 2 years ago she was told I might not make it through emergency neurosurgery. On Saturday, we celebrated her wedding day. Overwhelming gratitude for life's precious moments. 🙏🏼

08/15/2025

A daughter's love in a surprise makeover 💜 I've spent the past 2 years mostly in sweats & old t shirts (standard rehab garb) without a discernible hairstyle or makeup, until this moment.

07/24/2025

BBP is coming out in Audible in the UK soon! Thanks to Hachette Book Group

07/22/2025

Routine scans today, back at the hospital where my life hung in the balance for many days. Thanks for all the good wishes & love sent our way in August'23. Forever grateful to the doctors, nurses, volunteers & all the staff at , , who helped us
Gratitude abounds from me and my family 🙏🏼

06/09/2025

What looks like disrespect or non compliance may be a stressed nervous system underneath.

06/02/2025

According to the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, supportive relationships scaffold skills that build resilience in children.

05/27/2025

"Our main job as parents is mastering the art of improvisation, learning which way our child's emotions are shifting and reading the changes like an old jazz hand." Great article by Michael Alcee, PhD.

Why get caught up on behavior when you could be improvising? It's a playful new mindset for making parenting easier and more fun.

05/24/2025

The main shift moves away from focusing on simple compliance to understanding behaviors, have important meanings about children's bodies and minds.

05/16/2025

"Harvard conducted the longest-running wellness study in American history, spanning 75 years, surveying people over the course of their lives to understand the choices and circumstances that evoked regret or satisfaction in later years. Results revealed strong relationships are key to long-term happiness."

Decades of wellness studies have identified a formula for happiness, but you won’t figure it out alone.

05/12/2025

The way to the social engagement pathway is simply connecting with a child. Available to everyone: medical professionals, teachers, therapists, sitters, aides and if course, parents.