Understanding and Enforcing Boundaries
The truth is, establishing and enforcing your boundaries is an act of kindness. It prevents you from having the feelings of resentment or annoyance toward people important to you. It also allows you to respect your own needs which in turn create a healthier you.
Finding Your Authentic Self
Authenticity is linked to happiness and it is also the foundation of creating healthy relationships. We can cultivate authenticity and live true to our own personality, spirit, and character at any moment.
Couples Communication: Assuming Positive Intentions
The wonderful thing about this method is that it requires no speaking and no special skills. It doesn’t even require your partner to be present! But I have seen over and over again that it can truly change and significantly improve the nature of communication in a relationship.
How Attachment Styles Impact Friendships
Boundaries establish what is or isn’t acceptable within a friendship. This may be keeping a secret or accepting when someone says no.
How to Support Children in Foster Care
Mental health disorders tend to be prevalent in foster families, either biologically or due to stressful environmental factors. Some studies indicate that update to 80% of foster children suffer with significant mental health disorders.
Pandemic Aftershocks: Overcoming the Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 for Young Adults
You may hear people joking that they “forgot how to socialize” or “how to dress in public”. These comments are funny, but also relatable. There is some truth in those statements that we all resonate with.
The History of Pride and How To Be An Ally
The month of June is Pride month — a time for the LGBTQ+ community and allies to come together to celebrate and embrace identity. For
Pandemic Aftershocks: Overcoming the Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 for Couples
I think we can all agree that things haven’t been easy for awhile now. For some that has led to problems in their romantic relationships. While this is an unfortunate side effect of the pandemic, it doesn’t mean we have to just accept this as a sort of new normal.
How EMDR Therapy Can Be Helpful for Children
The process for doing EMDR with children is different than with an adult. Additionally, it can require more preparation than regular play therapy.
Mental Health Medications and Pregnancy
If a mother’s anxiety goes untreated throughout her entire pregnancy, she is likely releasing high amounts of cortisol. Also known as the stress hormone. In turn, this affects her baby. Potential complications include prematurity and low birth weight.
What is School Refusal?
By Fall of 2019 he had officially dropped out and was not doing any more schooling. My son who was a ‘straight A’ student who loved to learn. What happened?
How Does Somatic Processing Help us Heal from Trauma?
Somatic processing is based on the idea that the body knows how to heal from the trauma it has experienced.
Pandemic Aftershocks: Overcoming the Mental Health Impacts for Seniors
According to the CDC, 8 out of 10 reported deaths attributed to COVID-19 have been among the population of older adults. This includes anyone ages 65 and up. Anyone in this age group watching the pandemic unfold may be experiencing anxiety about contracting the virus.
What are ACEs and How Do They Impact us?
“Is it possible that what I just did or said to my child had more to do with my needs, my fears, and my upbringing,
Make it OK to not be OK in the workplace
Employers should be proactive instead of reactive. This means eliminating those areas of concern that contribute to poor mental health instead of waiting for burnout and turnover to happen.
Pandemic Aftershocks: Overcoming the Mental Health Impacts of the “Sandwich Generation”
COVID-19 has thrown many family members into caregiving positions, possibly for the first time. In addition, it is forcing current caregivers to change how they handle their responsibilities.
My Decade-Long Narcolepsy Diagnosis
I began to fall asleep at inappropriate times. For instance, during class, on the bus, before dinner, after dinner, etc. As a result, my parents and I became more concerned. I eventually saw doctors and therapists to work on improving my sleep.
Pandemic Aftershocks: Overcoming the Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 for Employers
Managers should be supporting employees in finding a healthy work-life balance, something that will likely be a struggle for many people, as these lines have been very much blurred throughout COVID-19.