Navigating challenging life transitions is inevitable as we age. When we’re young, life transitions are fun and empowering. We go from crawling to walking, walking to running. We start with training wheels but soon no longer need them. As we age, we graduate into higher grades and become more independent. However as adults, life transitions can feel not so fun...[ read more ]
Learn how to support your LGBTQ child against bullying in school. It’s easy to forget what adolescence was like. The frustrations of figuring out the foreign world around us combined with a cocktail of raging hormones that set our emotions off at the drop of a hat. Man, being a kid was hard! What can make an already-hard situation even...[ read more ]
Learn how to support LGBTQ teens in coming out. Even with the progressive change the LGBTQ movement has made in the past decade, It can still be a hard experience for many. Continue to support the movement that has brought about great change. For example, the “Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell” policy was repealed, health insurance discrimination has been prevented,...[ read more ]
For a year now, most of us have been unhappy with living a life in quarantine. We were left wondering when the world would finally get back to normal. With vaccines rolling out and most towns and cities reaching herd immunity, society is finally beginning to open back up. However, not everything is as great as it sounds. Many are...[ read more ]
4 Reasons to Start Therapy in 2021 If you’re like most people, you brought in the new year with a list of resolutions. And if you’re like most people, all of those resolutions have one goal: to better your life in some way. Whether that is through eating right, working out, learning a new language or decluttering your home office,...[ read more ]
What makes someone feel they have been born into the wrong body? Determining gender identity is a prominent topic these days. It is due to the transgender movement, yet many people are still uncertain about what causes this issue. What is it, exactly, determining gender identity. Whether an individual thinks of themselves as “male” or “female” or something else or...[ read more ]
If you struggle to set goals, let alone reach them, you are definitely not alone. In fact, it is thought that roughly 92% of the population has a hard to stick to goals. The constant cycle of trying to set beneficial life or health goals and never quite reaching them, can ultimately lead to depression. For example, reaching goals is...[ read more ]
The topic of self-care is one that has been discussed openly and often over the past decade. Are you doing self-care wrong? For many, the concept of self-care is one that is still a bit mysterious, if not downright confusing. What Is Self-Care? First, self-care is a practice and a commitment we make to ourselves. It is any activity we...[ read more ]
Looking for 5 strategies to quickly calm your Anxiety? When you live with an anxiety disorder, any moment can become one that creates a slow-rising panic within you. Life is normal one second and the next, you feel your chest tighten and your heart begin to race. You may begin to hyperfocus on future events and find yourself getting lost...[ read more ]
The birth of a child is a wondrous and glorious thing. Until you bring that baby home and are responsible for keeping it alive on zero sleep for weeks and weeks. Add to this already trying scenario is the hormonal cocktail the new mother is living with and you understand why some new mothers don’t feel so blissful and can...[ read more ]
