Ever reacted to a situation in a way you later regretted? Or sent a message in the heat of the moment you wished you could unsend? We all have. Our emotions can…
POTS or Anxiety?: Avoiding Misdiagnosis
Source: Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels Diagnosing medical conditions can sometimes be challenging, especially when symptoms overlap between different disorders. This is particularly true for POTS and anxiety, conditions that can share similar symptoms. While…
What if You Felt Your Life Works for You, Not Against You?
Source: Ryan McGuire/Pixabay It’s easy to feel like you can’t get a break, that life is one problem after another. You feel more like a victim than a doer. We all live…
Social Media’s Hollow Promise |
Fielding notifications Source: Kaspars Grinvalds / Shutterstock A friend recently told me her teenage daughter had 1,700 notifications from Snapchat. On one day! And she felt obliged to respond to every one…
How to Stop Your Intrusive Thoughts
Do you ever find yourself daydreaming or distracted and your thoughts turn negative? You try to push away the upsetting thoughts, but it’s difficult, or even impossible. Those are intrusive thoughts. They…
A Healthy Relationship With Time Means a Fulfilling Life
Source: Chaossart Shutterstock Time is a precious resource. Sometimes it’s taken for granted, but often we feel there’s never enough of it. We often rush through our days, constantly trying to get…
What Does Physiology Have to Do With Emotional Development?
Babkirk, S., Rios, V. and Dennis, T.A. (2015). The late positive potential predicts emotion regulation strategy use in school-aged children concurrently and two years later. Developmental Science, 18: 832-841. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12258 Brooker, R….
Gratitude Is Clearly Good for You, So Why Is It Hard to Do?
Source: Wayhome/Shutterstock Experts have been talking about the benefits of gratitude for years, assuring us the practice can transform your life. It seems such an easy fix, but why is it so…
Are You Over-Functioning in Your Relationship?
Sue is exasperated with the countless times she’s asked Mick to help her with household chores. They’ve been married for seven years, and this has been an argument “on repeat.” Sue’s voice…
Treating Others With Respect in Health Care
There are many ways people interact with one another. Some interactions carry certain expectations and others have no predictability or assumptions. Those with expectations are usually based on behavior that has been…