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Podcast: Anxiety and Anger: A One-Two Punch
Do you struggle with anger? Did you know that some of our most hot-headed moments are actually rooted in anxiety? In today’s podcast, Jackie openly shares her own fuse-blowing...
How To Identify And Understand PTSD Triggers
How to identify the things that trigger us can be quite complicated. Some of us can tolerate and tolerate until we explode. Others can’t tolerate the slightest frustration in their environment....
The Sandwich Generation: Navigating Between Parents and Kids
According to the Pew Research Center, just over one of every eight Americans aged 40 to 60 is sandwiched between raising a child and caring for a parent....
9 Inventive Ways to Identify and Process Your Emotions
I regularly share strategies to process our emotions on this blog because I want to highlight an important point: We can feel our emotions, even when we’ve spent years pretending they don’t exist or when we’ve let them dictate our decisions
February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day
National Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Day is devoted to just that: People doing random, unasked for gestures, big and small, to make the world a better, kinder place. There...
Today I Love That I Am Still Moving
Today I love that I am still moving. I love that I slept well and was able to get up and run down the stairs with my usual, frantically joyful readiness for my day....
The Psychology of Staying Put: Why Mobility in the U.S. Has Been Declining for Decades
Do you think that, over time, the U.S. has become an increasingly mobile nation? Is it your sense that people pick up and leave far more often than they did...
Guest Blog Post: My Impulsivity Gets Me in Trouble
A big thank you to coach Cary Colleran for this piece. I have this alter ego that really gets me in trouble. She is impulsive,...
The Common, Everyday Thing People With Childhood Emotional Neglect Hide Behind
Nina Nina sits across from me in my therapy office describing an incident that happened the day before at her parents’ house....
What Do You Do When a Friend or Relative Backs Out of a Plan You Made?
It is something we’ve probably all experienced. You make a plan with a friend or relative, and at the last minute, they cancel. What do you do when that happens?...
New Research Suggests We Shouldn’t Trust Facial Expressions
New research has found that facial expressions might not be reliable indicators of emotion. In fact, researchers at Ohio State University warn that it might be more accurate to say...
Why Would Taller Young Men Have Less Risk of Dementia?
Young men who are taller than average may have a lower risk of dementia in old age, according to a new Danish study published in eLife. The findings suggest the...
Breaking Up Can Be Even Harder In the Age of Social Media
Getting over a breakup is even harder in the age of social media, according to a new study. “Before social media, breakups still sucked, but it was much easier to...
Nature Play Can Boosts Kids’ Creativity, Complex Thinking and Social Skills
A new Australian study finds that nature play can improve children’s complex thinking skills, social skills and creativity. Researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) conducted a systematic review...
