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- Why Parents of R.A.D. Children Always Look Like A**holes
- Stop the Drama: 4 Steps to Manage Emotions
- Borderline Personality: 8 Confusing Symptoms That Leave Us Guessing
- 13 Reasons Why People Cheat on their Partners
- 10 Ways to Improve Connection
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Snowballing Thoughts: How to Stop Creating Anxiety
Anxiety – The Build Up Anxiety is a process, not just an experience. It doesn’t exist until created. It begins with one thought, and like a wave, builds as thoughts......
Anxiety and Your “What If Calculator”
Some universities provide a “what if calculator” to help students project possible grades. It provides the percentage they need on each test to get their desired grade at the end......
Today I Love Great Mysteries
Today I love great mysteries like the wrecks of ships that have gone down in my beloved Georgian Bay and where those wrecks might be hiding. I love that the......
How To Calm Your Tantruming Child In A Way That Prevents Future Tantrums
Dalia stood in the middle of the store with her cart...
How to Successfully Transition Major Life Events
Since the time you progressed from crawling to walking as an infant, life has been a series of major and minor transitions. There was growth from one school year to......
Everyone Has Superpowers. How Are You Using Yours?
Comic books and movies are full of superheroes with magical powers. But we too have superpowers that can be activated anytime and help us live a conscious and intentional life.......
The Enemy Of All
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” God No......
Departing Reality Yesterday
I am beautifully bipolar with psychosis. Don’t be confused. I don’t have schizoaffective disorder. I don’t have schizophrenia. I think the different is that I don’t hear voices in my head......
Triggers, Triggers, Who’s Got Triggers!?
♪♫♪ Who’s got triggers? We’ve got triggers. How many triggers? So many triggers. Well now, don’t you...
Become More Likeable with This Psychology Trick
How many times have you heard the phrase “You are what you eat”? The idea behind this now-infamous diet mantra is that in order to be fit and healthy, you......
A Roller Coaster Week In My Life With Mental Illnesses
My mental state changes constantly due to my mental illnesses. It’s like riding a roller coaster, in the dark, without a seat belt. I am trying to hold on as......
The Hidden Language of Conversion Disorder
“… for all the shortcomings in the concepts proposed by Freud and Breuer in Studies [on Hysteria], the 21st century has brought no great advances to a better understanding of......
Fear of Rejection
The fear of being rejected In Jordan Peterson’s view, men are motivated by being worthy and accepted by women. This says Peterson is one of the origins of chivalry; men......
How To Date and Support Your Partner With Anxiety
How do you support your partner with anxiety? If you take a moment to look around, you’ll...
11 Tips for Banishing Perfectionism in Motherhood
“Trying to be Super Mom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.” ~Arianna Huffington I am a mother, so I get it. We are......
My Commencement Speech
I wish someone would invite me to give a commencement address. I feel like I have a lot of wisdom to impart. Here’s what I would tell new grads: find......
The Cure for Feeling Overwhelmed
Jill feels overwhelmed. Jill has been working 12-hour days all week. She’s barely seen her son, let alone spent any quality time with him, which leaves her feeling guilty. Her......
An Empowering Perspective for Navigating Our Problems
When we’re going through a difficult situation, it’s very easy and natural to get bogged down, to dwell on the problem, to wallow in what’s not working. Because you’re likely and understandably......
Mental Illness & Addiction
According to *SAMHSA, many people with mental illness abuse drugs or alcohol. There...
13 Reasons Why People Cheat on their Partners
Infidelity can end relationships. In my 25 years as a marriage counselor I have repeatedly seen that affairs pose an existential threat to a relationship unlike almost anything else. Some......
Aging Stereotypes Buffered by Cultural Cues in Chinese Elders
“Stereotype threat” is the fear that you will confirm to yourself or others that a negative stereotype about a group you belong to is true. For example, research has shown...
Smarter Brains Seem to Run More Efficiently
The more intelligent a person, the fewer connections there are between the neurons in his cerebral cortex, according to new research. For the study, researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in...
Study Finds Our Brains are Obsessed with Being Social
Our brains are obsessed with being social even when we are not in social situations, according to a new study. The new research demonstrates how our brains consolidate new social...
Language Skills May Have Greatest Impact on Kindergarten Readiness
Preparing young children to be “kindergarten ready” is the goal of many parents and preschool programs. It is well-documented that the more skills children bring into kindergarten — in basic...
Musicians, Bilinguals Show More Efficient Brain Activity
Whether you learn to play a musical instrument or speak another language, you’re training your brain to be more efficient, according to new research. Researchers at Baycrest, a teaching hospital...
Older, Poor Adults at Greater Risk of Dementia
Older adults living in poverty have an increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new U.K. study published in JAMA Psychiatry. For the study, researchers from the University College...
