This always makes me think about how gratitude shows up in my everyday life. When I am really serious about being grateful the things that come up are my family, my health, and the connections I have. So, why do I spend so much of my time focused on other things?
Gratitude Journaling: The Power of Being Grateful
Journaling is a well-known and widely used practical approach to gain insight and clarity by processing your emotions on paper. Over the past decade, gratitude journaling has gained popularity for its benefits, including better sleep, fewer symptoms of illness, and more happiness among adults and kids.
The Cost of Not Doing Therapy
To invest in yourself is to invest in your whole self, your kids, partners, business, and community. It is money well spent.
Four Tips for Setting Goals
We are not very good at achieving the goals we set for ourselves because we are not very good at setting attainable goals.
Finding a Sense of Awe
Research shows that feeling awe regularly promotes well being and health, enduring personal change, and fosters social connectedness, humility, and a more balanced view of self.
Could Nutrition Be Impacting Your Child’s Health?
The GAPS protocol maps out an integrative approach to best support your child through detoxification, nutrition, and psychology.
Chronic Pain & Your Brain – Rediscovering hope through writing.
When experiencing chronic pain, the reasoning parts of the brain remain offline while in survival mode and can rob individuals of their perspective.
Helping Your Child Grieve the Loss of a Pet
Dealing with the loss of a pet is never easy. Pet owners love their animal companions and many consider them members of their family. Therefore, it is not unusual to experience sadness and difficulty after the loss of a pet. This event can be especially distressing for children. Many kids … Read More
Depression in Teenagers- See the Signs
Teenagers today are faced with ever-increasing pressures. From the changes of puberty, the pressure to fit in, meeting academic and parental expectations, peer pressure and the media, it’s no wonder that an estimated 3 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the United States experienced at least one major depressive episode. … Read More
How’s Your Emotional Hygiene?
Have you ever stopped to consider that many people spend more time taking care of their physical health than their psychological health? Ignoring psychological injuries (failure, rejection, loneliness) can worsen just as much as ignoring a recurring migraine or strained muscle. In his TED Talk, “Why We All Need to … Read More