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How to Love Yourself (when struggling with mental illness)
Struggling with mental illness can be a destructive process. We pick ourselves apart, judge ourselves, over-analyze every move we make...
Connection Connection: Read All About It!
Individuals have many needs- both physical, emotional, and spiritual. The focus of this series has been taking a dive into the nine...
Pay Attention To Me…. Also, Give Me Space!
What are the Nine Emotional Needs? A quick review, the nine emotional needs are: security, volition, attention, emotional connection,...
Social Support: How Important is it to Your Overall Health and Wellbeing?
Types of Social Support Emotional support – Most people think of emotional support when they talk about social support. Emotional...
What Is Psychosocial Development?
Stage One- Trust vs. Mistrust (ages birth-one year) This is the stage Erikson describes as the dependence stage. An infant is absolutely...
Be Kind
Life can be stressful. In the midst of deadlines and schedules, we can often forget to be kind to one another. Each of us are battling...
8 Lessons from Suicide Attempt Survivors
Here’s 8 things attempt survivors want you to know. You can – and should – ask someone who could be suicidal how they’re feeling. Many...
Disability Awareness Month
Growing up with a sister with Spina Bifida gave me the opportunity to witness firsthand what living with a disability entails. I watched...
Cultivating Lasting Friendships
Now that we know human connection is essential for our health and well-being, we need to look at how to cultivate meaningful connections....
The Silent Killer
Not convinced? Here are some results from research posted on the campaigns website: Loneliness likely increases your risk of death by...
Conflict and Communication
Conflicts are something that come up in all types of relationships and can be intensified by issue with communication. Styles of...
I Do Everything and You Do Nothing
In couples therapy, I often hear stories of the wife being resentful and feeling as if she does “everything” herself around the house and...
8 Steps to Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety
3. Tell the worry to bug off. Have your child think of the worry as an annoying bug that won’t leave you alone. Picture the worry bug...
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