As a parent, your job is to make sure your kids grow and develop in a safe and healthy environment. While it’s possible for you to control your immediate environment – your home – it’s simply not possible to ensure the greater world around your child is safe and free from trauma or natural disasters.The latest research points to the...[ read more ]
Meditation offers practitioners powerful benefits, yet many people are confused as to what exactly those benefits are. In a nutshell, meditation can help with trauma by focusing attention in a deliberate manner, and taking you from a state of noisy mental chatter to calm and quiet inner peace. And isn’t that something most of us could use? While meditation has...[ read more ]
Are you feeling disconnected or overwhelmed by the amount of uncertainty? It's likely that your whole sense of normalcy, security, and routine been disrupted right now. Follow these steps to reduce isolation anxiety during social distancing. It's normal and okay to feel messy right now. Allow yourself to feel your feelings and be gentle with yourself. Frustration, anger, fear, anxiety,...[ read more ]
Intuitive eating is often misunderstood. Of course, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions about what intuitive eating actually is. We hope to clear them up with this post about intuitive eating myths and how to avoid them. Curious observer: “You are a dietitian? Say, what diet do you recommend? What do you eat?” Me: “I eat whatever I...[ read more ]
Why should men see a therapist? While women are often the ones who seek therapy, typically making up nearly two-thirds of therapy patients, multiple studies have shown that men benefit more from the process. But men rarely seek therapy because they just don’t like the idea of opening up to a stranger and sharing their feelings. Therapy, then, isn’t a...[ read more ]
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been shown over the years to be effective at helping people recognize and change their behaviors. But, as much potential as therapy has for every individual, some people seem to have the keys to successful therapy while others don’t. Some of this stems from what the individuals’ expectations were going into therapy. Some from how much...[ read more ]
A lot of people are experiencing unprecedented uncertainty and loneliness since being quarantined by COVID-19. For so many it is an inescapable reminder that they grieving the loss of their life as they new it, routine, and jobs. If you are quarantined alone, here are a few tips on how to deal with COVID-19 quarantine loneliness. Give Yourself a Break...[ read more ]
Wondering how to talk to a loved one about getting mental health treatment? Just about every family has that loved one who's always causing trouble, or maybe is just more of a free spirit. Sometimes however, that someone has a serious mental health issue. If you have a loved one who you believe may need mental health treatment, there are...[ read more ]
When you first fell in love, you could never imagine that someday the sound of your partner chewing could make you want to scream. It’s inevitable that once we are out of our honeymoon phase and reality sets in, we realize that all relationships take work and compromise. But while some relationships may hit bumps in the road every so...[ read more ]
Wondering how to raise resilient children? Lots of parents find themselves wondering how to raise resilient children. It isn’t something that happens overnight. It’s something that must be instilled and molded over time. Planting these seeds now will set your child up for success in their future. Have you heard the phrase “helicopter parent?” It describes a mother or father...[ read more ]
