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How to Stop Giving Away Your Personal Power, and Ways to Take it Back
How many times have you wanted to reach out to someone, but you were afraid to seem needy? Or perhaps you were worried about what another person might think of...
Why Your Asperger’s-NT Relationship is Failing
Aspie-neurotypical relationships often start out with intense passion, then fizzle and devolve into disaster. For the purpose of this article, I have used the word “aspie” instead of “autistic;” however,...
This Is Not A Rehearsal
This is not a practice run. This is all we get.
I will not get a do over of this day. I will not get to try this week again....
Is This Mindfulness Thing Working?
I haven’t been mindful at all lately. I chewed up a fork in the garbage disposal, I keep making trips to
Today I Love Spring Flowers
Today I love Spring flowers popping up all over the place. I love that I am sitting out on the front porch writing my posts for the second day in a row....
Clarifying Your Diagnosis
Although people who live with bipolar, depression, or other psychiatric illnesses often are relieved to receive an explanation for why they are feeling the way they feel, they rarely, if ever,...
Best of Our Blogs: April 23, 2019
It’s hard not to feel down about the state of the world today. I’m writing this on April 22, Earth Day. If you google Earth Day 2019, you’ll see articles...
Openness Before Honesty
How do you feel when someone starts a sentence with “If I’m being totally honest,” or “May I be honest with you?” Are they lying the rest of the time?...
Twitter Erupts Over the Phrase, “Starting a Family”
“Starting a family.” It is a phrase that has been commonplace for quite a long time. To many people, it seemed benign. Or they just never thought about it.
Recently,...
On Listening To Ourselves, And Making Room To Play.
I am on the first vacation I’ve taken since last summer, and it is well worth the wait. I am looking at palm trees, hearing birds and a lovely wind chime,...
Counterintuitive Ways to Combat Anxiety
Through the years I’ve learned to douse the ongoing wildfire of fear with productive tools such as exercise, meditation, replacing negative, irrational thoughts with positive, rational statements, and tapping into...
Narcissists’ Shocking Lack of Discernment and Weird Tangents (Homeschool Grads Read This!)
Have you ever been to Yellowstone National Park? We spent part of our honeymoon there and were fascinated by the bubbling mud pots. They burble and bubble and then blop!...
5 Creative Self-Care Practices to Try This Week
Self-care is many things. It is many different practices. It is small, and it is big. It is making a meaningful life change like switching jobs,...
The 5 Causes of Anger and How to Find Forgiveness
Try looking at anger in terms of the following 5 reasons for angry behaviors:
1 Seeking revenge. You feel hurt,...
How to Stop Attacking Yourself For Your Misteaks
Bud
“I’m such a freakin’ moron,” Bud muttered under his breath. He had just made a wrong turn,...
Always Something
It’s always something. A word, a phase, a song. Maybe a springtime breeze, the smell of a dog, the look in a boy’s face. Always. A time of year, a season,...
5 Manipulation Tactics Narcissistic Parents Use To Control Their Adult Children
Adult children of narcissists go through a lifetime’s worth of abuse. Narcissistic parents lack empathy, exploit their children for their own agendas, and are unlikely to seek treatment or change their destructive behaviors long-term (Kacel,...
What is Emotional Abuse?
Ron was reluctant to start the conversation with his wife, Robin, about their vacation plans this year. In years past, he would take a week off from work to spend...
How to Overcome Perfectionism
I’ve been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember—always caring about what other people think, worrying about being judged, and overanalyzing everything....
Happy Birthay, Elaina J
Tomorrow, April twenty first, is my thirty eighth birthday. In a way, I never thought this day would come. At the end of my twenties I was in the dark pit of depression....
Behavioral Disorders in Autistic Kids Linked to Reduced Brain Connectivity
More than a quarter of children with autism spectrum disorder are also diagnosed with disruptive behavior disorders. Now, researchers at Yale University have identified a possible biological cause, finding that...
Canadian Study: One in Five Kids May Have a Mental Disorder
One in five children and teens in Ontario has a mental disorder, but less than one-third have had contact with a mental health care provider, according to the findings of...
Study: To Curb Teens’ Junk Food Urge, Expose Marketers’ Motives
A new study finds that reframing how teens see food-marketing campaigns can spur them, particularly boys, to make healthier daily dietary choices for an extended period of time. The findings,...
New Assessment Aims to Gauge Unpredictability of Domestic Violence
Tragically, one in three American women will experience intimate partner violence (IPV) at some point in their lifetime; but perhaps one of IPV’s worst traits is its unpredictable nature. In...
Logic Can Suffer When it Comes to Political Beliefs
New research has found that, regardless of political affiliation, tribal instincts kick in and people’s ability to think logically suffers when it comes to arguments related to their political belief...
Social Support Key To Easing Suicidal Thoughts Among Chronic Pain Patients
Although suicidal thoughts are not uncommon among individuals with chronic and disabling pain, research has lagged on how to improve resiliency and promote recovery. Now, a nationally representative study from...
