Mindful Mountain Wellness Center

09/08/2025

Our own Dr. White was honored to speak to Girl Scouts and their parents yesterday about stress and the brain.

07/29/2025

Here is a great FREE group for women going through IVF. Mandy Jones-Fisher is an experienced, licensed therapist with lived experience with IVF. Here is a quote from her about why she started the group: "As you know, I have been on a challenging IVF journey, to say the least. For those of you who know me well, I choose to take life's challenges and turn them into something beautiful or, at least, tolerable. It's that whole lemons into lemonade and vodka metaphor.

Following this philosophy of mine, I have decided to create a free IVF support group. While my therapist has been helpful in walking this path, I have found the most support from other women who have or are experiencing the same rollercoaster of emotions, losses, and tenacious hope. The support groups I've seen out there typically require a fee and, quite frankly, IVF is insanely expensive and this community shouldn't have to pay for one more thing."

Register Here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blooms-after-winter-free-ivf-support-group-tickets-1542102633489?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp

05/12/2025

One of our therapists is getting a shout-out from the Roanoke Valley Trauma Informed Community

05/11/2025

We had a great day at the SHARE summit learning about all the initiatives in Roanoke to support adolescents health education and mental health!

05/04/2025

Come out and see us at River's Edge Park on July 7!

04/04/2025

Looking for support as a caregiver of a teen? Looking to learn some skills with your teen to help both of you weather big storms?

Check out our Teen and Caregiver DBT skills coaching and support group! We are now meeting Tuesday evenings 5:30 - 7:30 PM.

The first hour is a support group for the caregivers. The second hour is a skills coaching group for teens and caregivers together. The cost is $50 per session.

01/22/2025

This is a great opportunity to learn from Robyn Gobbel about your child's nervous system and how you can help regulate your child!

FINALLY! I'm going live with a webinar that anyone can join!

This is just for YOU! Anyone and everyone can register and there is no charge.

Focus on the Nervous System to Change Behavior is for an adult baffled by a child's behavior, their own behavior, and overwhelmed that traditional behavior management isn't working.

It's not working NOT because you're a bad parent (or teacher or therapist or whoever you are in the world).

It's not working because you've been given outdated information about what behavior really is.

This webinar will help you see what the real problem is- and it's not your kid's character or your goodness as a parent.

At the end you'll walk away with a paradigm shift. You'll feel inspired to try new strategies to help you and your kid. And you'll have a huge amount of free resources that will help you do exactly that.

I'm teaching the webinar TWICE on February 4th, 2025. Hopefully you'll be able to come live to one of them (10am eastern and 8pm eastern) but don't stress if you can't because everyone who registers will get a link to the recording and all the freebie goodies that go along with it.

The URL is on the image and in my bio BUT if you leave me a GIF or emoji that shows me how excited you are for this webinar, I'll respond with the live link.

BONUS POINTS if you share this post so we can spread the neuroscience of behavior to everyone in the world! (There's no bonus points. But wouldn't it be cool if everyone in the world knew this info??? Think about what would change! So! Please share!)

11/21/2024

Wondering how to get started problem solving with your child? Lives in the Balance has a video guided tour to walk you through the steps.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parenting isn’t one-size-fits-all—and neither are solutions. The Collaborative & Proactive Solutions model isn’t just for kids with big, visible behaviors. It’s for every parent who wants to build stronger connections and solve problems, no matter how their child's struggles show up.

Whether their challenges are quiet or loud, small or big, every family can benefit from creating more empathy, teamwork, and understanding. 🤝💙

✨ Ready to go deeper? Check out "The Guided Tour" on our website and start transforming the way you approach parenting today! 🔗 (Link below)
https://livesinthebalance.org/walking-tour-old/

11/01/2024

30 years of neuroscience research tells us that the most important factor in changing a child's behavior is their relationship with a caring adult.

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10/29/2024

Robyn Gobbel has some words of wisdom for caregivers who are struggling to connect with their dysregulated child. Check out her podcast for more!

It is extremely distressing to care for a child who experiences connection as dangerous.

Why?

Because we need our kids’ connection, just like they need ours. And when we don't get it, that's a cue of danger.

Unfortunately, we just cannot expect our kids to regulate through our lack of connection.

They need us to regulate through our own distress, so that they can turn to us for co-regulation.

When Connection isn't Safe is Part 3 of a 4 part series on Oppositional and Defiant Behavior where we specifically address how to navigate oppositional behavior when connection isn't experienced as safe by your child.

You can find The Baffling Behavior Show in any podcast app!

10/25/2024

Having a great time meeting new people at the CSA Fair today!

10/23/2024

Help us celebrate our grand opening and our new location! Stop by for some snacks and see our new place on November 14!