This post is part 2 of a series. Source: cottonbro studio/Pexels Years ago, when I lived in a co-ed, single-occupancy dormitory with six neighbors, among which three were violinists, one played the…
4 Steps to Avoid Drama at the Dinner Table During Holidays
The holiday dinner table is glowing and stacked with your homemade favorites. Your family members are feasting and chatting happily when your uncle brings up his extreme views on a presidential candidate….
Has a Decline in Playtime Affected Children’s Mental Health?
If you’re an adult of a certain age, you probably have lots of stories that start with “When I was a kid.” Although we all had different experiences growing up, what usually…
Does Overparenting Contribute to Loneliness and Anxiety in Gen Z?
We have known for a long time that adolescents experience a lot of stress and anxiety, but what we didn’t know is that emerging adults, especially those in Gen Z, are extremely…
A Surprising Way to Build Resilience: Help Someone Else
The current global environment continually tests our capacity to exhibit resilience. Given these constant demands, it may seem reasonable to assume that people may be more inclined, and better served, to spend…
What to Do When You Don’t Feel Up to Anything
Source: Mart Production/Pexels Spiderwebs. I don’t think the word is officially listed on the emotion wheel. Still, this is the clearest description I can give of what I and many people I…
Understand Worry and Create a Brighter Future for Yourself
Things are seldom as we would like, including ourself. Or, ourselves—plural because each of us are many. To paraphrase Walt Whitman, we each contain multitudes. In most cases, it’s an unruly bunch….
12 Tips to Maintain Your Recovery During the Holidays
Source: Daria Nepriakhina / Pixabay Every late-November through December we are encouraged—sometimes even pressured, directly and indirectly—to celebrate the holidays that mark each year’s conclusion. Yet for most people, the holiday season…
Learning to Live with Anxiety
When people first come to therapy, their goals are often to stop feeling anxious or to completely get rid of their anxiety. What they often don’t understand, however, is that some amount…
6 Coping Styles That Eventually Stop Working
Source: geralt/pixabay As children, we each develop our own ways of coping with others and navigating the larger world. Our parents model some of these styles, some we create on our own…