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Today I love this sinking feeling I’ve gotten from plumbing in my new sink. I love the new faucet, love that my drain is flowing freely and that I managed to make the drain and trap as low a profile as I could so that lots of things still will go under the sink....
What Dr. King Understood About Rage and the Trauma of the Unheard
As an adult survivor of abuse, including sexual abuse in both childhood and adolescence, I know, in my own way, what it feels like to not be heard,...
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Companion animals occupy a big part of many of my clients’ lives, so it is not surprising that they talk about them in therapy. As an ethical vegan therapist, however,...
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8 Ways to Authentically Connect with Your Kids
What are you teaching your kids? Being at home with your children under one roof can be challenging, but amidst a pandemic with the added strain can be really stressful!...
LeVar Burton, Crissy Teigen, Ice T, & More Lend Their Voices to the Nationwide Protests
To be honest, I don’t know what to write here. I’ve done a lot of crying in the last few weeks. Experienced a lot of shock. Had a lot of worry....
The Neuroscience of Racism and Its Marriage to ‘Toxic Masculinity Norms
Racism is learned. Like sexism, it is based on early conditioning of certain “might makes right” illusions, combined with fears of rejection, that energize insatiable lust for proof of superiority and entitlements to dominate,...
6 Healing Habits of Adults Who Recover From Childhood Emotional Neglect
Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN): When your childhood home treats your own feelings like unwelcome intruders, you absorb a forever lesson (even if it’s never stated outright), “Your emotions don’t matter.” When you
A-B-Cs for Creating Safety in Your Relationship, Especially in a Pandemic
This COVID time of uncertainty heightens… well everything! How can we stay “safe,” not just physically (by staying home), but emotionally as well? To help people create safety through couples...
The Killing of George Floyd: Black Voices Matter
George Floyd, the black man who died when a cop kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes, was single. I could say that this post at this “Single at Heart” blog is about him because he was single....
For Some, SSRI Antidepressants Tied to Increase in Violent Crime
A new study has discovered that about 3 percent of people being treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have a greater tendency to commit violent crimes. This effect seems...
Copying Friends May Help You Achieve Your Goals
Struggling to achieve your life improvement goals, such as exercising or saving for retirement? A new study shows that people who struggle with their self-set improvement goals can benefit by...
Loneliness Found to Be More Common in Young People, Men, Certain Societies
A new large-scale global study finds that young people, men, and people of specific cultures or societies report higher levels of loneliness. In the BBC Loneliness Experiment, U.K. researchers analyzed...
Social Networks Can Make Things Worse During Emergencies
Faced with a common hazard, people delay making decisions that might save lives, fail to alert each other to danger, and spread misinformation. That may sound like behaviors associated with...
