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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...
Learn How to Resolve & Release Emotional Pain
How can empathetic people let loose the burden of other people’s emotions? When your body has disease, illness or painful conditions, suppressed (somatized) emotion can exacerbate symptoms and escalate deterioration...
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...
Wearing the Inside Out: Meaningful (Dis)connections
When used for purposes of knowledge acquisition, information sharing, and community involvement, no one would debate the idea that social media can have an enduring positive impact our lives. However,...
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...
Today I Love Home Fries
Today I love home fries especially when they are home made. I love that I made home fries this morning and that it was a premeditated thing that required cooking...
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...
Positivity Can Change Your Relationship – Powerful Options
One of the biggest traps for couples is the belief that they have to deal with what is wrong with their relationship before they access what is right! When a...
Project Semicolon
Rarely do I write a provocative blog post, but today I will. This will make some of you mad, but it is my personal opinion. Many of you will write...
Having A Friend With Bipolar Disorder: My Best Friend’s Point Of View
Continuing my series of blogs asking my support system to give their point of view on my Bipolar Disorder, and how having someone with Bipolar Disorder in their lives affects...
Why Victims of Abuse stay in the Relationship
There are myths surrounding the topic of domestic violence and other types of abuse. Many falsely believe that a victim of abuse is masochistic and somehow likes to be abused....
Growing Up with Divorce — The Internal Split
It isn’t news that growing up with divorced parents has an impact on our psychological and emotional lives. It’s already well-known that children of divorce are more likely to end...
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...
