Anger is often a normal response to the intense threat associated with trauma. Anger puts your body into a “survival” mode and activates your energy to protect yourself or others. However, for…
How to Make Values Your Compass in Life, Not Fear
Source: Anastasia Petrova / Unsplash Part 4 of the Anxiety Jedi Series. What would you do if I waved a magic wand and took away your anxiety? Try to really imagine this…
The New Romantics |
Source: Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash A Modern Malady On January 30, 2024, the White House Domestic Policy Council and National Endowment for the Arts co-hosted an event called, “Healing, Bridging,…
School-Related Anxiety: It’s Not All in Your Head
Pediatricians know firsthand that anxiety is a universal experience. Children naturally feel vulnerable and crave protection. We also know that children have feelings in abundance, but often lack the cognitive skills to…
From Self-Rejection to Self-Love |
You know those sayings like “love is the answer” and “love makes the world go round”? Let’s get real: While we’re all about wanting to love and be loved, loving ourselves can…
5 Tips to Help Kids Cope With the Sunday Scaries
Do you know that old, familiar, yet unwelcome feeling that sometimes starts to grow on Sunday evenings as the weekend ends? Your mood begins to plummet as anxiety creeps in. This, my…
Making Meaning vs. Making Money
Tumisu/ Pixabay The famous behavior psychologist, Kurt Lewin created a simple change process involving three important steps: 1. Unfreeze, 2. Change, and 3. Refreeze. For example, if you have a block of…
When Stigma Meets Grief |
What do you think of when you think about grief? If you are like most, the death of a loved one may be the first thing that comes to mind. While grief…
Addiction and the Gut-Brain Axis
It doesn’t have to be this way. Source: Midjourney Addiction carries a heavy mantle of social stigma. One-fifth of the population are afflicted, and it puts a burden on them, their friends,…
Fur-Mongering: the Curious Case of Canine Hysteria
Source: Dall-E/OpenAI In the summer of 2023, dog owners across the U.S. began to express concern on social media over a mysterious new disease that was sickening their pets. By the fall,…