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Right Brained
“Wow,” I said, “I never realized how right handed the world is.” as I tried to open a zippered bag that was obviously intended to be opened by a right handed person....
Today I Love Making For Home
Today I love making for home at a steady and leisurely pace. I love that we’re both good enough at driving that either one of us can do it and we are both comfortable with that....
Empowering Youth to Protect Themselves from Dating Abuse
I was in college the first time I remember anyone mentioning patterns of domestic violent behavior to me. We had a guest speaker give a presentation about her personal experience...
How Bipolar Symptoms Really Feel: Difficulty Concentrating
Difficulty concentrating and remembering things can come with both depression and hypomania, although in very different ways. However, both are equally debilitating. During hypomania,...
Increasing Attachment in Grandfamilies and Kinship Care
While working as a family therapist with kinship families, also known as grandparents raising their grandchildren, I came across families who were struggling with the ability to rebuild broken trust....
Time Down the Drain
Ever have certain things take way longer than you expected? If you have ADHD, I’ll assume the answer is probably yes. Showering is one of those things for me....
Inside Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia in Women
Often we don’t really consider gender dynamics in treatment or medication. A lot of medications are only tested on men because of the risk of pregnancy, etc. This means there...
7 Ways Narcissists Make You Feel Inferior
People with strong narcissistic, sociopathic, psychopathic, and other dark personality traits (thereafter called narcissists) have a low and fragile sense of self-esteem....
25 Signs You Grew Up With An Unhealthy Parent
What was your upbringing like? Would you be able to point out some really stable points in time where your parent was everything you needed?...
Are You a Reaction Machine?
People gifted with wonder tend to be easy to spot. They have a joy that seems to require no data and is not diminished by seeming evidence to the contrary....
Connection with Nature Important for Health
Emerging research suggests reconnecting with nature could be key to improving individual health. Investigators report that individuals who visit natural spaces weekly and feel psychologically connected to them report better...
Bilingualism Can Delay Early Dementia Symptoms, But May Mean Faster Decline After Diagnosis
A new study provides new evidence that bilingualism can delay early symptoms of dementia. However, researchers at York University in Canada also found that once diagnosed, the decline to full-blown...
New Study: Non-invasive Test Predicts Risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia
New research suggests advances in technology now allow software to predict a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias from information obtained during routine physician visits. The discovery...
Women Living in Greener Neighborhoods Tend to Have Later Menopause
Older women living in greener neighborhoods may experience a later onset of menopause, according to a new study published in the journal Environment International. Previous research has established a link...
