Electronic devices entertain us, educate us, facilitate multiple modes of our communication, and manage vital aspects of our lives. Consequently, the extent to which we are able to take control of our growing obsession with technology is life-altering, and its effects are becoming increasingly more dominant at early stages of childhood development. Technology has changed our lives and childhood forever. I say this as a speech and language pathologist who has worked with chi

How do you talk to yourself? Whether you are aware of it or not, you are constantly talking to yourself—everyone has a continuous inner dialogue that is endlessly going back and forth, ultimately guiding much of our behavior. More often than not, our inner dialogue is extremely negative, judgmental, and overly critical—of others, but also of ourselves. Furthermore, we are frequently unaware of just how critical we are of ourselves and how automatic it is. Mindfulness practice