You don’t need a therapist’s office, a wellness retreat, or a meditation app subscription to start improving your mental health. The truth is, some of the most powerful ways to feel better cost nothing-just a little awareness and intention. Here are five free, research-supported ways to strengthen your emotional well-being starting right now. 1. Get Outside and Move […]
Who stole my child and replaced them with an alien? Anxious, rebellious, irritable, moody, distant…Some of this behavior from your child during adolescence (roughly ages 12 – 25) is COMPLETELY normal. So how do you know the difference between normal adolescent development and when your middle- or high-school age child needs help? Most teens display […]
Halloween is coming up quickly and many children are anxiously counting the hours until Halloween. For children this is a great holiday. They get to wear a costume they like and they get free candy. What more could a child ask for? Many children plan all year about the costume they are going to […]
Lately I have been anxious. Not my usual low hum of worry, of thinking every detail through, but the “out-of-the-normal” anxiety. Waves of panic descend over me, crash on me out of nowhere. I will be sitting on the couch, and suddenly I am anxious, panicked. Worrisome thoughts intrude on my brain. “Will I have […]
It’s 3 AM, and your phone’s too quiet. The glow of the screen feels like a spotlight on your doubts. You sent three texts—maybe four, if you’re being real. One had a heart emoji, another a question, maybe one was practically a love letter. And now? Nothing. Just silence that screams louder than any notification […]
If you are an anxiously attached dater, then you may have heard comments like “you come on too strong,” or that “you are too much too soon” when it comes to dating, and you have likely had people simply stop responding to you via text (maybe it’s happened many times), or ghost you after a […]
Working with teenagers, I often have parents who are concerned about their teenager using marijuana or alcohol. Besides the concern that their teenager may be using drugs or alcohol, they are concerned about their teenager becoming addicted. Besides marijuana and alcohol, parents are concerned about methamphetamines and heroin. Currently there is an epidemic of teenagers […]
Leaving a relationship with a narcissist or emotionally abusive partner is one of the bravest things you can do. Leaving a narcissistic or emotionally abusive relationship is tough. It can feel like someone turned your whole world upside down. And here’s the part no one really tells you: walking away doesn’t instantly make the pain […]
Planning For Success: Helping Student Athletes Transition to College Entering college is an exciting time in a student’s life. It is an opportunity to strengthen independence, develop new friendships, and build skills and knowledge. College often invites a great deal of change, which can be both appealing and nerve-wracking to many students. Starting something unfamiliar […]
When I was guest co-host for the Street Soldier radio show on 106.1 KMEL, the topic was how teenagers are impacted by social media. The topic of depression and cutting came up during the conversation. The adults were shocked to hear about cutting and the teens tended to feel the cutting was more of an […]
