Source: theimobrand/pixabay There’s a built-in challenge in establishing your relationship and getting the help you want from a new therapist. While you’ve probably had numerous interactions with medical doctors, if you’re new…
How to Talk to Your Therapist
Source: theimobrand/pixabay There’s a built-in challenge in establishing your relationship and getting the help you want from a new therapist. While you’ve probably had numerous interactions with medical doctors, if you’re new…
Understanding the Struggles of Teens with ADHD
Parenting a teenager with ADHD includes unique challenges, particularly when it comes to helping them stay organized with their schoolwork. If your child frequently struggles with completing homework on time or turning…
Why Is My Mind So Loud?
Sometimes a description of what we are experiencing is elusive. With mental health, it is useful to have a term for what we are dealing with. Often, I meet individuals who don’t…
5 Ways Anxiety Crushes Teens and How to Ease the Burden
Anxiety is a pervasive issue among teens, often misunderstood or overlooked. While some anxiety is normal during adolescence, chronic anxiety can be debilitating. Understanding how anxiety weighs down teens is crucial for…
Positive Stress and Optimal Anxiety as Performance Enhancers
Source: Danil Aksenov/Unsplash After reading the title of this post, some readers may be asking “Stress can be positive? How could anxiety ever be ‘optimal?’” Modern society has trained us to think…
How to Train Your Brain to Limit Pain
Co-authored by neuroplastician, speaker, and author Jasmine Benson. Imagine you take a sugar pill, believing it to be a powerful painkiller, and your pain actually diminishes. Is it all in your head,…
Why Does Time Move Faster as We Get Older?
It’s weird. Time feels faster the older we get. I can think back to an event three years ago, and it feels like yesterday. I still wear the same clothes. My haircut…
Overcoming Financial Anxiety and Doom Spending
Anxiety disorders often create feelings of worry and trepidation. These rank among the most common mental health conditions, affecting nearly 20% of the U.S. population. While generalized anxiety is widespread, specific anxieties,…
The Psychological Impact of an Election Year
Source: Alex Green / Pexels This year, 2024, is an election year in the US, and as another eventful election day quickly approaches, people are already feeling the negative effects on their…