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Day 7: PDF Worksheet To Use or Share! Today marks the end of Food Allergy Awareness Week 2019. I've covered a lot within the last seven...

Day 6: Fight Food Allergy Fears w/Facts Fear is a present-oriented basic emotion that typically occurs as a response to a real or...

Day 5: The I.D.E.A.L Method Imagine this scenario..... Your daughter comes home from the first day of school saying she made a new...

Day 4: Food Allergy Anxiety Resources Anxiety isn't necessarily a bad emotion. Neither is stress. They can be useful feelings, driving us...

[Check out Episode 11 of Exploring Food Allergy Families to learn more about food allergy-focused cognitive distortions or "thinking...

Day 1: Food Allergy Support Groups Being a member of a health-focused support group is now about as common as stopping at Starbucks daily...

May is not only Food Allergy Awareness Month but also Mental Health Awareness Month! Since the Food Allergy Counselor website focuses on...

Another food allergy-related tragedy recently populated our social media feeds. This story involved a  teenage boy, all set to graduate...

The food allergy community continues to express a need to focus more on the mental/behavioral health needs of individuals and families...

As I was sitting in my unusually warm sunroom on this beautiful December morning, a couple of my fellow food allergy advocate friends...

When an editor for the American Counseling Association's online magazine, Counseling Today, reached out to me a couple of months ago to...

Have you ever thought about how your child learns best? Maybe your child has been lucky enough to have a teacher that identifies learning...

When we enter into a relationship with someone, many of us envision a fun-loving and exciting bond with a companion exhibiting qualities...

As a licensed professional counselor trained in family therapy, I am always curious about how various factors impact family systems. The...

Written By Guest Blogger: Lori Moussapour, MA, LMSW (Originally posted on www.ToEmpowerU.com; republished with author permission)...

It's hard when friends don't understand or follow your family's food allergy rules, but it's even harder (and more disappointing) when...

As a parent, there are days that are etched in your mind forever. The days your children were born. Their first words. Their first steps....