How to Cope When You Feel Helpless
Please note that this blog post contains discussion of systemic violence, death, and other topics that might be difficult to read about. If you would prefer to skip this one, you can find other blog …
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Are You Anxious or Is It Hypervigilance?
Hypervigilance is more than just anxiety If you are a person with anxiety, this probably sounds familiar to you: You have gone to an unfamiliar place or are with people you don’t know well and …
What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Emotional Resilience
Spoiler alert: This post contains spoilers for Star Wars episodes 1-8. If you are interested in it you have probably already seen those films but in the off-chance you have not, please be aware. What …
All About Mindfulness
Mindfulness Made Easy What is mindfulness? It seems like it’s such a popular word to throw around, everyone’s talking about being mindful but what IS mindfulness? Why should we care? The most important question might …
Your Criticism Isn’t Helpful
Amanda and Janet are sisters and close friends. They spend much of their free time together and often attend events that they both enjoy. Tonight, they are going to a cocktail party thrown by an …
Star Wars, the Dark Side, and Anger
If you are like millions of Americans, you went to see the new Star Wars film “Rogue One” this holiday season. Star Wars has made billions of dollars over the years and one of the …
PMDD and Depression
There are several physical illnesses that tend to be more common in women with a mental illness. One is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). Similar to Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) which most people are familiar with, PMDD …
Love and control
Some things in life are mutually exclusive; control and love are two of those things. Love is surrendering to faith in the unknowable and belief in the good that resides within us all. We fool …
What is Love Addiction
What is love addiction? Very simply, love addiction is an addiction to the feeling of being “in love”. I think that in one sense, this cheapens the word “love” and often when talking about it …