How To Keep Your Cool: A guide to surviving the holidays
The holiday season is upon us as the temperatures steadily drop and the urge to stay in bed with warm fuzzy blankets begin to emerge.
Reduce Stress and Anxiety With Mindfulness
Stress and anxiety can build to a point that you feel paralyzed in your daily life
20 Things within Your Control Right Now
So many times we feel a lack of control over our day-to-day, stressed with everything and feeling powerless over our lives.
3 Reasons Why Comfort Food Isn't Actually Comforting
Does what we eat really have an impact on our anxiety?
When Bad Things Happen
For the last 4 days, I have been trying to make sense and formulate words for the event that happened to in Las Vegas.
3 Things To Reduce Stress In Your Relationship
Relationships don’t only fail because of finances or infidelity, oftentimes they fail because of ineffective communication.
Empowering Your Partner
In my work with partners in marriage and couple's counseling I hear a lot of talk about people "playing games" or trying to "get the upper hand" in relationships.
Acting On Our Values
Anxiety is a complex condition and has many root causes. One cause that I have seen as a counselor is when we act in a way that is contrary to the values we hold.
16 Warning Signs You Need to Know for your Kids
Sometimes we have an idea of what depression and anxiety look like, especially if we've gone through them ourselves.
Accessing Mental Health in Rural Communities
I grew up in a town of 700, including most household pets on the good days.
3 Underlying Reasons Couples Seek Counseling
Couples come to counseling for many different reasons.
5 Prep Steps for The Beginning of School
August is here, and for some students, this is the dreaded countdown to losing their summer freedom, while others excitedly await the beginning of a new school year.
From 3 to 63 - Why You May Need an OT
So you’ve never heard of occupational therapy, and you’re trying to understand what exactly an occupational therapist might do and how they help people.
Accepting a Lack of Control
god, grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, courage to change the things i can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
10 Signs You Might Benefit From Therapy
1. You have noticed a change in your thoughts, mood, or motivation.
Trust from the Inside Out
Trust is the cornerstone of healthy relationships. The most significant relationship in life is with your Self.
Codependency: Sacrificing Yourself for Others
I love him. Isn’t that enough? That’s what you do for the people you love. You sacrifice your wants, needs, desires.
How Our Thoughts Predict Our Day
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) takes a look at the way in which our thoughts impact our feelings and how our feelings direct our actions.