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Not every adult experienced trauma as a child, but far more people have than what most of us realize. Research by the CDC estimates that about 60% of adults in America experienced at least one case of trauma during their

“I can’t stop crying.” “I didn’t get my stimulus check and I have no idea how I’m going to pay my rent this month.” “My uncle died, and I can’t...

Today I love wet weekends when the world seemed so dry that it was about to crack and crumble. I love how timing sometimes makes me laugh, my plan is to work on fixing the garden hose spigot at the cottage this weekend and it looks like I might have to do that in the rain....

Linda: When trust has been severely damaged, there are ways to promote the healing process: 1) being willing to live in the unknown, 2) holding the tension of the opposites,...

This week’s Psychology Around the Net explains the difference between emotional baggage and emotional success, dives into stereotypes and how to combat them, discusses mental health services for police officers...

Too often we witness the dismantling of marriages by couples in the public light as well as those of friends and acquaintances because of an affair. Almost always outsiders feel compelled to condemn,...

At one point in Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, the narrator, a German veteran of WWI, describes his visit home on leave: “I look at myself in the glass....

Learning to practice mindfulness has helped me understand what it means to let something go. Growing up with a whole host of issues, it was something that was said to me often: “Just let it go.” As if it was easy....

We tend to view stress as a terrible thing. After all, stress sparks or leads to all sorts of health concerns and conditions. But while stress can be harmful,...