It is not uncommon to feel somewhat uneasy in a doctor’s office. Colloquially, we refer to this as “white coat syndrome,” and it is experienced by many patients. After all, medical settings…
Tamp Down Daily Tension and Feel Healthier Today
When Gina Simmons Schneider, Ph.D. once worked as a youth recreation coordinator, her mind raced with details for the beach trip: Snacks, boogie boards, permission slips, sunscreen, water, first-aid kit. A lot…
Is Online Therapy as Good as Face-to-Face?
Source: Ivan Samkov/Pexels A massive study, involving more than 27,500 people here in the U.K., has found that talking to your therapist online is just as helpful as seeing someone face-to-face. Not…
How Positive Storytelling Can Impact Climate Change
The 78th annual meeting for the United Nations Goals House event took place in mid-September in New York City to discuss how nations across the globe can contribute to meeting sustainability goals…
How You Think Affects How You Feel
Eleni Vasiliou/Shutterstock In counseling children and adolescents who are learning to regulate their emotions, I explain that how they think affects how they feel. This observation was already made over 2,500 years…
7 Effective Ways to Reduce Irritability
Irritability is normal sometimes. Source: fizkes / Shutterstock Do you feel annoyed by other people’s behavior, even if they aren’t doing anything inappropriate? Do you get a little short-tempered with your loved…
Parents: Your Kids Shouldn’t Be Happy All the Time
As parents, there’s no better feeling than seeing our children happy. And we often will do whatever we can to help them experience the feeling of happiness—finding that sold-out gift they want…
The Upside and the Downside of the Comfort Zone
Source: monicore/Pexels In the movie Papillon, Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman play a couple of guys trying to escape from prison. In one scene, Steve McQueen’s character, Papillon (which means butterfly in…
New Study: Information Overload for Parents
Source: Finelightarts / Pixabay A new study published in August 2023 looked at “information overload” for parents (translation: when you feel overwhelmed and stressed by the amount of information available to you,…
Bouncing Back: 7 Ways to Get Up When You Fall Down
Source: Rider 1781972/Pixabay Life is filled with more fist-pumping triumphs than soul-destroying setbacks. Yet it’s the latter that disproportionately dominates our minds and our moods. When you mess up or get something…