Challenge of Climate Change Source: Dean Moriarty:Pikabay royalty free Educators, mental health experts, parents, and environmental advocates offer hopeful strategies for helping our children and youth navigate their complex emotional responses to…
4 Ways to Cope With a Panic Attack
Source: Nestea06/Envato Elements About a week after September 11, 2001, I was in the bathroom of my cousin’s house, hyperventilating and thinking I was having a heart attack. Just before that, I…
Intimate Betrayal and Post-Traumatic Stress
Source: Foundry/ Pixabay As if recovery from intimate betrayal weren’t hard enough, nature complicates the process with symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS). The most familiar type of PTS—the one that gets the…
4 Signs the Secret You’re Keeping Is Too Much of a Burden
Source: Kristina Flour / Unsplash Many people come to therapy feeling torn between concealing a secret and revealing it. Facing this inner conflict might prompt them to say things like: “I just…
2 Things Not to Say When Your Child Says “I Hate You!”
Here’s a quiz: What emotions do you imagine a child is experiencing when they pronounce their hatred towards someone? Anger? Sadness? Fear? Shame? Answer: Any or all of the above. One of…
Diversity Leads to a Happier Life
Source: Anastasiya Babienko/ Pixabay Have you ever experienced a down day, where your heart is sad? Well, today we’re going to explore something that research shows you can do to feel better….
How the Social Aspects of Our Lives Impact Our Happiness
If you’re struggling with your mental health, you’re not alone. According to the World Health Organization, over one billion people are experiencing mental health conditions. Further, the CDC reports that 50% of…
Coping With News About Climate Change
Source: Grant Ritchie/ Unsplash One of the Kardashians took the lead in Google search trends this week, while climate change featured a dominant role in news headlines as heat waves persist into…
If Anxiety Is in My Brain, Why Is My Heart Pounding?
Anxiety starts in the brain, and is perceived in the brain. But why do we feel it in our body? Source: Arash Javanbakht, using Midjourney AI tool Heart in your throat. Butterflies…
Spot and Avoid These 2 Relationship-Sabotaging Behaviors
When an intimate relationship leaves a person feeling anxious and wobbly, rather than calm and secure, this can be related to many different things. In this post, I’ll focus on two of…