Welcome to the March edition of The Cascade!!!
This month, we focus on connection - with yourself and with your children!
If you'd like to talk with someone, need to schedule an appointment, or have a resource question, please reach out anytime! We are here and would love to hear from you.
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CONSTRUCTION ALERT!!
Please note that starting in April, 2026, Hwy 280 will be closed for road maintenance. You may want to allow extra time if you are coming to visit us in-person.
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This month the Hot Take is:
Trust Yourself
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It’s not always easy to trust ourselves, but when we do, we can honor ourselves and others at the same time.
Trust in ourselves allows us to be comfortable and curious, to hear our own inner voice - not just an echo chamber or a crowd of well-intentioned voices around us. When we trust ourselves, no means no, yes means yes, and we can find and communicate our wishes without strings attached, without needing consensus, and without expectations.
If you find yourself wavering on decisions or struggling to hear your own thoughts and wishes, try listening to yourself the way you’d listen to a dear friend - and trust what you hear.
Click here to learn a little more about Mona or here to connect with our intake team and get scheduled with her.
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Connection-Based Parenting Part 1: "It's not working!!!"
Parents are people!
Kids are struggling in the U.S. right now - emotionally, educationally, and developmentally. It’s tempting to focus on kids as we seek to improve the problem - kids are more vulnerable, younger and smaller, and it is distressing to see kids in pain or floundering. We want to make things better.
But parents are struggling, too.
About half of American parents say that parenting is “fairly hard” or “very hard,” according to an Institute for Family Studies survey.
The omnipresence of technology, the pace of modern life, and the move away from more communal living, where close-knit communities share family responsibilities, are some of the reasons that American parents are struggling. Conversations and judgment about parenting, especially on social media, are also challenging for many parents.
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BLOG
Every-other week, one of our therapists tackles a topic that highlights a concern, shares some knowledge, or provides a tool to help in times of stress or just daily life.
Last month, we focused on Overwhelm; the size and shape - what it feels like, how it arises, and things that help in the moment, like noticing and naming it as overwhelm, connecting with your body to bring attention to your breath and body sensations, and then zooming out to remind yourself there’s more to life than this moment, which will pass.
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