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ADHD or Normal Procrastination?
Last week, I wrote about the often frantic process of meeting a deadline when you have ADHD. It’s fair enough if you read that post and wondered, “but doesn’t everyone...
What’s Gone Wrong with Addiction Treatment? And How We Can Fit It!
Dr. Robert Weiss has created a ten-item list of necessities for creating the best possible addiction treatment programming.
When Your Recovery Is Frustratingly Slow
It seems like you’ve been ill forever. For weeks, maybe months, it has felt like a major effort to do life. On a good day, you might muddle through. On...
Different as Night and Day: Embracing Black Individuality
The social and political conditions that fostered our differences have long existed in the United States. American history is replete with periods (e.g., slavery, Jim Crow, separate but equal) that...
One of the Most Effective Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Part 1/2
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a psychological disorder associated with obsessions (recurrent thoughts, such as about germs) and compulsions (repetitive actions, like cleaning).¹ In previous posts, I discussed
Today I Love Pondering Potential Changes
Today I love pondering potential changes and considering contingency plans for various outcomes. I love that we are comfortable and happy and yet we are willing to look to changes...
Reflection: 11 Years Out Of Hospitalization
It’s been 11 years since my last vacation at the crisis stabilization unit. That’s a mental health facility hospital…description for anyone that doesn’t understand the terminology CSU. That’s not to...
Don’t Force Gratitude
In his book What Happy People Know, Dan Baker argues that you can’t be in a state of appreciation and fear, or anxiety, at the same time. He explains: During...
Resting in the Space of Discomfort: A Mindful Approach to Depression
Suffering is a shared human experience that can be viewed integral part of life. Our suffering can range from mild to severe and can take the form of physical or...
How To Parent Like A Leader and Lead As A Parent
There are few topics that elicit as many approaches and opinions as “what makes a great leader”. Leadership is one of those characteristics that is easier to experience than define. ...
Podcast: Support Groups for Mental Illness – What are They?
Most people understand how doctors and therapists work, but many people can’t quite wrap their minds around support groups – especially peer-led ones. In this episode, our hosts dissect...
Slow Crafting Tips: Petalplum Interview Part II
Last week Ellie of PetalPlum shared her thoughts on slow stitching with us. She provided insight into her slow living approach to life. She shared the value of finding joy...
Upset? Resentful? The Case for Turning Grievance into Grief
The internal state of grievance is highly unpleasant for most of us. It may be a legitimate resentment for some wrong done to you such as a major betrayal like...
The 13 Biggest Disappointments of Adulthood
A recent post on Reddit got the community buzzing about what they felt were the biggest disappointments of adulthood. Most of the responses were quite heartfelt – many were a...
The Sanity Of An Egg
“If you still want me, Oh, tie a yellow ribbon ’round the old oak tree.” Irwin Levine / L. Russell Brown There is a great power in the symbolic action. From...
How to Reconnect to Yourself
Reconnecting to ourselves doesn’t have to be big. It doesn’t have to include grand gestures or pricey spa days or week-long retreats. It can be small. And it can be...
Raised By Struggling Parents: The Invisible Child
Some people were raised by narcissists, and some were raised by addicts. Some were raised by parents who were emotionally immature, and others were raised by workaholics. As a psychologist,...
Anxieties of Childbirth
In our book A Womb of Her Own, (Routledge, 2017) author Helena Vissing writes as follows: Balsam is in line with Holmes (2008) on the potential for psychic restructuring in...
Vulnerable Single People, Resilient Single People, and Singles with Vulnerabilities and Strengths
After studying single people for more than two decades, I now believe that single people are, on the average, more resilient than married people. I don’t have any direct evidence...
Kids Who Have Siblings With Behavior Disorders NEED Time Away
Have you ever been standing right next to a fire engine when its horn started to blare? Or a police car when its sirens flipped on? Or a tornado siren...
Study: Extra Vitamin D Boosts Memory But May Slow Reaction Time in Older Adults
In a new study, overweight and obese older women who took more than three times the recommended daily dose of vitamin D showed an increase in memory and learning but...
Mediterranean Diet Tied to Better Performance in 5K Run
A small study found that 11 athletes who consumed a Mediterranean diet for less than a week increased their performance in a long-distance running test. The researchers hypothesize that the...
Study IDs Factors in Suicide Attempts Among High-Risk Youth
In a new study, researchers at the University of Bristol in England identified potential factors that could lead to suicide attempts in high-risk young people: non-suicidal self-harm, cannabis and other...
Personality Test May Improve Care for Men With Prostate Cancer
Men with high neuroticism are significantly more likely to suffer from adverse events, such as erectile dysfunction and incontinence, which may put their recovery from prostate cancer surgery at risk....
New Study Shows How Motivation Affects Diet
A new study suggests that people with a positive attitude are more likely to eat healthily. Led by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in England, the study...
Periodontitis May Increase Risk for Dementia
A new South Korean study adds to the growing body of evidence that chronic periodontitis may be a risk factor for dementia. Periodontitis occurs when an untreated gum infection spreads...
