-Claire Dorotik-Nana, LMFT The philosopher Heraclitus famously said, “No man steps in the same river twice.” His point — life is always changing. But the underlying message might have been even more insightful. Perhaps we shouldn’t be expecting to step in the same river twice. Life, after all, is anything but predictable. And yet how we dealContinue reading “Four Ways To Become More Innovative”
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The Unloved Daughter and The Problem of Letting Go
-Peg Streep Negative childhood experiences shape us in many ways, some more subtle than others. While lack of self-esteem and the nagging feeling of self-doubt are often highlighted as among the major difficulties the unloved daughter faces in adulthood, the difficulty she has letting go and leaving toxic or stressful situations is usually given shortContinue reading “The Unloved Daughter and The Problem of Letting Go”
How To Limit Rumination With Bipolar Disorder
-Lauren Walters Introduction Ruminating with Bipolar Disorder can be a powerful cycle that can cause a lot of stress and anxiety to individuals with Bipolar Disorder. This article will provide readers with tips to limit rumination with Bipolar Disorder. They include journaling, talking to others, and moving around. Journaling The first tip to limit ruminationContinue reading “How To Limit Rumination With Bipolar Disorder”
How to Stop Enabling
-Jonice Webb, PhD What is enabling? Enabling isn’t the same as helping. Helping is doing things that others can’t do for themselves. Enabling is doing for others what they can and should do for themselves. Codependent relationships are out of balance and often involve enabling. If you have codependent traits, you over-function, are overly responsible,Continue reading “How to Stop Enabling”
Living Life in Seeking Mode
-Jonice Webb, PhD Do You: Eat too much? Spend too much? Drink too much? Smoke cigarettes or pot? Spend too much time on the internet? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, there’s something you should know: There is probably a good reason for it. These types of tendencies, which we all tendContinue reading “Living Life in Seeking Mode”
Pet Therapy for Your Love Life
Your pet can teach you a few things about human relationships. -Susan McQuillan, MS, RDN When prisoners participate in pet therapy programs, research suggests they not only develop mutually beneficial relationships with their new pets, but also improve their social skills and relationships with the humans in their lives. Similar results have been found inContinue reading “Pet Therapy for Your Love Life”
What’s Your Fatal Flaw?
-Jonice Webb, PhD Thousands of fine people walk through their lives harboring a terrible secret. A secret that is buried deep inside them, surrounded and protected by a cocoon of shame. A secret that harms no one, but does great damage to themselves. A secret with immense power and endurance. It’s their Fatal Flaw. AContinue reading “What’s Your Fatal Flaw?”
Some Habits Are Harder to Break Than Others
-Neil Petersen Our lives are full of habits, healthy and unhealthy, big and small. Sometimes we don’t even realize how deeply ingrained some of our regular behaviors are until we try to break them. According to a new study from researchers at University of Regensburg, some habits might be harder to reverse than others. SomeContinue reading “Some Habits Are Harder to Break Than Others”
Anxiety in Teens – How to Help a Teenager Deal With Anxiety
-Karen, Hey Sigmund Anxiety can be tough for anyone to deal with, but add in the whirlwind of changes that come with adolescence, and anxiety can feel like an intrusive mind hog that spends way too much time squeezing, surprising and overwhelming anyone it lands on. If anxiety is making a menace of itself, theContinue reading “Anxiety in Teens – How to Help a Teenager Deal With Anxiety”
Pure Obsessional OCD
-Janet Singer When my 17-year-old son Dan told me he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, my first comment was “But you never even wash your hands!” While that statement surely revealed my limited knowledge at the time regarding OCD, what I was really trying to say was that he had no outward signs of the disorder. ThereContinue reading “Pure Obsessional OCD”
Amplify Wellness with Meg Duke 