Christine Triano, LCSW

01/30/2024

When self-care is everywhere, it’s easy to overlook why and how we all need it. So excited to be part of the amazing group putting on this event, where you are guaranteed to have real tools and your own personalized plan in your hands before lunchtime🙌.

Eventbrite link below or visit https://www.foothilltherapycollective.com/events for more info.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-science-of-self-care-for-parents-caregivers-tickets-789814024007?aff=ebdsshios

11/22/2022

All our kids can play a part, SO important to help them develop the life skills needed to put dinner on the table, whether it’s Thanksgiving or just another Thursday night.

10/02/2022

So pleased to appear in Grown & Flown, my favorite site about parenting teens and young adults (and a great newsletter follow for parents of older kids)! For those who can relate, how’s your empty nest working out?

It's hard to see your kids go, but maybe even harder for single moms. Here is how this mom made peace with the newly empty nest.

12/30/2021

Truth

As several teachers of mindfulness have said, “Thoughts aren’t facts.” And thoughts aren’t acts. They’re just thoughts, part of the passing mental landscape. Thoughts moving through your mind are like clouds moving across the sky. They are not the sky, and the sky remains unchanged by them. The way to be with them is just to watch them go by. That’s not generally how we experience our thoughts, but that’s what you’re working toward.

Image by Matt Blease

12/10/2021

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11/17/2021

Love this. Be you!

Too often, parenting is reduced to a set of techniques and strategies to get our kids to go to sleep, eat their vegetables, not hit their brother, do their chores…

Imagine if a partner sought out techniques and strategies to get you to sleep with them, lose weight, or keep the house clean.

It’s deeply disrespectful and dehumanizing!

Let’s stop seeing parenting as behavior management and manipulation and learn to have relationship instead. 💗



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10/27/2021

Never too much…

Self-Compassion Phrases ✨

• May I be kind to myself in this moment.
• May I accept this moment exactly as it is.
• May I accept myself exactly as I am in this moment.
• May I give myself all the compassion I need.

09/23/2021

Not surprising after working with teen girls for many years, but still stunning to see the negative impact of Instagram quantified like this:
“Thirty-two percent of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse,” the researchers reportedly wrote.

The company is in the process of making a version of Instagram for kids.

08/27/2021

SO MUCH good advice here for those of you (like me🥲) sending your kid off to college!

07/12/2021

Phrase of the day=“collective effervescence.” May your week deliver it in abundance!

We find our greatest bliss in moments of “collective effervescence.”

07/08/2021

Loving everything about this piece and the way the biological anthropologist authors explore mental health: “Taken together, the authors posit that anxiety, depression and PTSD may be adaptive responses to adversity.”

What if mental disorders like anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder aren’t mental disorders at all?

06/18/2021

New blog for all the parents of teens out there, and those who know and love them:

Why your relationship with your teen is worth the hard work of change.

03/03/2021

Maybe it's the mood cast by the clouds and rain, but this piece spoke to me today. "What others do with your love is on them, not you. All you can do is make the offering."

Love is in our nature, woven into our DNA. Love is a natural wellspring inside us all. It doesn't need to be pushed or pumped. It needs to be released.

02/06/2021

Thinking a lot about all brave, hard-working, exhausted mama’s out there this week. This piece broke my heart, and gave me hope...

“Sometimes I have to tell myself I cannot do it all,” she said. “That I cannot juggle all of these balls at once and not expect to drop one or two from time to time.”
“And that is OK.”

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/04/parenting/covid-pandemic-mothers-primal-scream.html?referringSource=articleShare

Eleven months, multiple breakdowns, one harrowing realization: They’ve got to get back up and do it all again tomorrow.

12/31/2020

Parents of teens, this one's for you! Best wishes to all for a peaceful and warm New Year.

The teens are (trying to be) alright, but they need you more than ever.

12/05/2020

Really moving piece about how girls fly under the radar when it comes to ASD diagnosis and the resulting costs...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/opinion/autism-adult-diagnosis-women.html

Autism spectrum disorder is inseparable from who I am. I wish only that it hadn’t taken so long to find out.

11/11/2020

The stress is real, people! Read on to learn more about how it shows up in our bodies and what to do to take care of yourself.

You aren’t alone. Allostatic load was first introduced and defined by McEwen and Stellar (McEwen 2001) and is the chronic, cumulative effect of high-stress situations in daily life that are experienced as taxing or exceeding our coping skills. Further, stress responses that are too frequent, too quick (daily challenges and transitions), too intense, and too long (more than 10-20 min) can all contribute to allostatic overload. (Can we say hello, 2020?) So if your own anxiety is feeling more chaotic and dialed up than you would like, and you’re having a hard time regulating it, then try walking in nature (No earbuds! Just listen to the world and get a break from stimulation!). Remember to exercise, try mindfulness meditations (or apps like Headspace and Calm), breathe deeply, and/or seek out support. We all need someone who shows up for us. And, if needed, seek out a mental health professional who can help you with your own emotional waves. Take care during this challenging time. Together, we can move through it.

10/06/2020

Latest blog is up, with a huge thanks to my friend and colleague Olivia Hauge for so many great ideas to help make online school easier on the mind AND body!

12 sensory strategies to support your teen's distance learning.