Happiness and Relationships: Does Your Happiness Depend on Others?
The appeal of fairy tales and romantic comedies is tough to resist. If only life were that simple and satisfying. However, if your idea of love is all-consuming, you may be on the road to codependency (more about that in a minute). Everyone wants to be happy, but it’s not healthy to depend on someone…
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6 Tips to Start the New Year with a Positive Mindset and Maintain It
The new year is finally here! It might seem like 2020 would never end, but now that we’ve got a fresh start, it’s the perfect time to adjust your mindset and maintain it throughout 2021. Resolutions are notorious for getting broken. That’s usually because people lose the motivation to keep them, or they create goals…
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5 Mindfulness Tips to Help You Beat the After-Holiday Blues
Mindfulness is more than a buzzword. It’s actually an incredibly powerful tool that you can use every day to feel more centered and less stressed. You can even use it to push yourself through the post-holiday blues. This year has been difficult for everyone, and the holidays may have been different for you. You may…
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5 Tips to Maintain Connections During Socially Distant Holiday Celebrations
The holiday season will be different for most people this year. With CDC guidelines suggesting we limit our gatherings and interactions, many people are opting to only have small get-togethers, if any at all. Some are only celebrating with the people in their own household. In a year that has already been so difficult, though,…
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EMDR THERAPY: An 8 Phase Model
EMDR Therapy is a powerful therapy created by Francine Shapiro in the late1980”s initially to help people who had experienced trauma and were suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms. Today, EMDR is a well researched, scientific and evidence based therapy that is the gold standard in the treatment of trauma and PTSD.EMDR (Eye-Movement, Desensitization,…
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When Depression Hurts: How to Identify Bodily Symptoms
Most people think of depression as strictly a mental or chemical issue in the brain.. It’s true; that’s where the core of depression stems from, however, it can cause various emotional symptoms, including feelings of hopelessness, guilt, sadness or even a loss of interest in activities you used to enjoy. The mental and emotional effects…
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How to Reclaim Your Calm During High-Anxiety Moments
Staying calm during moments of anxiety isn’t always effortless. The state of the world right now is already uncertain and stressful. Adding more “crisis” moments on top of it can make it difficult to stay in control of your fears and worries. That’s especially true if you already struggle with anxiety. Unfortunately, high-anxiety moments can…
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6 Benefits of Online Therapy
Many of us have experiences in our lives that leave us feeling overwhelmed, sad, and anxious. Past hurts and current difficulties may make it challenging to manage everyday life and you may struggle with depression or addiction. Often this makes us feel stressed and tired and unable to engage with family and friends in the…
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6 Tips to Help You Manage Anxiety and Stress During a Crisis
Everyone responds differently to stressful situations depending on a person’s experiences and characteristics. Dealing with uncertainty, especially in a time of unusual stress or during a crisis can be a challenge for many people to handle in a healthy way. Whether or not you have dealt with mental illness and anxiety in the past, you…
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How to apply the 5 Love Languages to your self-care
As a society, we are often focused on how we can help and serve those around us. We often put in maximum energy into work, loved ones, family, and friends. It is easy to feel like we give and give trying to meet the needs of those around us and we often end up feeling…
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