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Depression and Menopause. Six Ways Midlife Woman Cope with Depression
The year the world turned 2000, I was 46 and midlife was upon me. And I was experiencing depression. A few people were stockpiling water and supplies, zealous about the......
How to Prioritize Your Needs, Set Boundaries, and Take Care of Yourself without Feeling Guilty
Do you have difficulty prioritizing your needs, setting boundaries, and consistently practicing self-care? These are struggles for many people who have codependent traits. We tend to put our needs......
For Better or Worse: Looking at Intimate Relationships Though a Developmental Lens
Close and intimate relationships are fundamental to personal growth and maturity. To be valued by those whom we value, and to be understood by those closest to us is the......
Depression Came In Like A Wrecking Ball
Living with bipolar I disorder is a like constantly being on a rollercoaster. The mania, the highs,...
When I Was Kicked Out Of A Counseling Program Due To My Mental Illnesses
Eight years ago I started a master’s program to become a counselor. I was 26. I remember being so happy in the program. I felt like all the pieces of......
Book Review: Breaking Up With Busy
To be busy, it seems, is to be in demand. Our importance is measured by the number of clients we meet each day, the meetings we attend, the committees we......
Five Steps For Parents Planning A Great Summer Vacation
June Parent: “Wait until we get through the end of the school year, then there...
Stuck in a Rut During Midlife Parenthood? 7 Tips
It’s very common for parents to feel bored, stuck or stagnant when the...
Am I Too Busy?
I am too busy to do anything else. Well, I could maybe squeeze in this one post I guess. But I really am busy. Okay, truthfully, I was always busy.......
Today I Love Words Sticking Together
Today I love words sticking together in my mind like rice in a bowl and coming out into my conscious in strings and phrases, lines and couplets, rhymes and verses.......
One Man’s Struggle and Recovery from Anorexia
Eating disorders don’t just affect girls and women. They affect boys and men, too, and in staggering numbers (10 million just in the U.S.). In fact, anyone can have an......
Best of Our Blogs: June 22, 2018
Your body isn’t working as it should. Your thoughts are triggering you. It can feel like you’re in a foreign place. How do you make friends with your body? How......
How To Deal With Crazy Actors
To paraphrase an old joke, “Do you have to be crazy to be and actor?” Answer, “No,...
How to Live a Fulfilling Life
A fulfilling life starts with being mindful. That is, it starts with paying attention, opening our eyes, and being self-aware. It starts with knowing where the hours actually go. It......
Taking Control: Part 2
Henry realized that he had not been in control all these years as he thought, he was...
I Think Therefore I Move
Generally, our image of thinking is that it’s an activity done while sitting still. The brain is moving but the body is not. As many people with ADHD know, however,......
Sharing Hope: An Interview with Charles Minguez
According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, hope is: “a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen,” “a feeling of trust,” “want something to happen or be the case.”......
Addiction Intervention: A Healing Tool for the Whole Family
Individuals struggling with addiction need a great deal of support. The families that struggle alongside...
#291: A Brutal Father and the Vulnerability to Rape
In our book A womb of Her Own (Routledge, 2017) Susan Kavaler-Adler writes as follows: Sherry has...
Grading On A Curve
“Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why......
Simple Problem-Solving Task Improves Brain Function After Concussion
Video: https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/173549.php A simple cognitive task as early as four days after a sports-related concussion activates the region of the brain that improves memory function, and may guard against developing...
Anxious People Less Likely to Make Risky Decisions
A new study has found that highly anxious individuals exert more cognitive control when they make a risky decision compared with less anxious individuals. This, in turn, leads to less...
Study Replicates Effectiveness of Blood Test for Autism
A follow-up study confirms that a blood test can help to predict within an 88 percent accuracy whether a child has autism. The new research supports work performed a year...
How People Judge the Exclusion of Others
The way humans judge the social exclusion of other people varies, depending on how much they believe the excluded person is to blame, according to a new Swiss study published...
Autistic Teens Prone to Depressive Symptoms – Especially if Bullied
Researchers have discovered that teenagers with difficulties in social communication, including autism, have higher rates of depressive symptoms, especially if they are being bullied. Investigators from the University of Bristol...
Why Being Left-Handed May Affect Brain-Based Treatments
Mental health treatments that involve electrical or magnetic stimulation to the brain could be ineffective or even harmful to psychiatric patients who are not strongly right-handed, according to a new...
