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Stop Overeating by Learning How to Manage Your Energy

-Ann Kearney Cook You can do it! Join me in my office as I consult with Sharon (name changed for privacy), a 32-year old unmarried woman with a history of depression and binge eating. When we first met, Sharon reported that while she’d had solid control of her eating habits for five years, over theContinue reading “Stop Overeating by Learning How to Manage Your Energy”

These 9 Mental Habits Suck the Happiness from Your Life

-Andrea Bonoir It’s never too late to change. Over the course of our lives, we run across all types of people, and the fact that we’re prone to classifying them as “types” shows just how much we tend to believe that people behave in certain ways by nature. How To Be Happy With Yourself As YouContinue reading “These 9 Mental Habits Suck the Happiness from Your Life”

How to Create a Routine that Supports Good Mental Health

-Sharon Martin, LCSW It’s January. You’re back to work and the kids are back to school. It’s time to put a routine in place that supports mental health and wellness. Many of us plan to set up new routines and develop good habits in January. January feels like a fresh start, so it’s the naturalContinue reading “How to Create a Routine that Supports Good Mental Health”

Productive Fidgets: 8 Ways to Deal with Anxiety and Depression

-Liz Briggs As a person with active and severe mental illness, for six months I worked with a service animal. When I weaned off of his care, I transitioned to things that would keep my hands busy, things that would keep me from absentmindedly scratching myself or picking at my skin. I tried things likeContinue reading “Productive Fidgets: 8 Ways to Deal with Anxiety and Depression”

The 7 Best Tips for Handling Anger and Resentment in Relationships

-Dr. Alicia H. Clark Too much fighting in your relationship? Empathy is the antidote to anger! “Love is not a contract between two narcissists. It’s more than that. It’s a construction that compels the participants to go beyond narcissism. In order that love lasts one has to reinvent oneself.” – French Philosopher Alain Badiou ResentmentContinue reading “The 7 Best Tips for Handling Anger and Resentment in Relationships”