How To Improve Memory
Memory impacts daily life in a variety of ways – from remembering a new friend’s name to making sure you leave a few minutes early in order to fill the car up with gas – and it can be extremely frustrating to notice when memory fluctuates. Stress, depression, anxiety, and aging are common factors that […]
The Many Health Benefits Of Crying
How often have you heard some version of the message, “It won’t do any good to cry about it”? One example is the saying, “There’s no use crying over spilled milk.” People say things like this all the time. People often talk about crying like it’s a waste of time because it won’t fix the […]
Ways To Set Boundaries This Holiday Season
Setting healthy boundaries can be difficult any time of year. Around the holidays, boundaries can be especially challenging. Many people spend more time with family during the holidays, and this can sometimes activate old relationship patterns. We may feel trapped in old ways of expressing ourselves and responding to others. Emotions tend to run high […]
Matrescence: How Identity Changes When Becoming A Parent
Becoming a parent changes everything. Your days are packed with new tasks, and you have to prioritize things differently. Your little one is growing with astonishing speed. But what about the changes happening inside you? If you experienced pregnancy and birth, you’ve already felt your body transform in amazing ways. But the ways parenthood transforms […]
ADHD Is More Than A Label
I’m sure you have probably heard about ADHD at some point in your life. But, how much do you know about Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? Studies show that people all over the globe have been diagnosed with ADHD. This includes kids, adolescents, and adults which can all be diagnosed with ADHD. Kids are the largest population […]
The Nightmare Protocol
Nightmares are a common manifestation of stress, trauma responses, and sleep disturbances. Sometimes individuals will experience repetitive nightmares that cause significant distress. The way to address this issue is using what is to use the Nightmare Protocol. It is used in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) as a distress tolerance tool. Relaxation The first step to […]
What is Hypervigilance?
Hypervigilance is a symptom that is often found in anxiety disorders and traumatic stress disorders. Hypervigilance is being on high alert, extra aware of their surroundings, high anxiety, fearful, or avoidant of threatening things. Commonly hypervigilance appears after a stressful or traumatic event that threatened the individuals emotional or physical safety. It can look different […]
Information about Sleep Disturbances
We all know that sleep is important. Without the right amount of sleep, things like focus, emotional bandwidth, tolerance, psychical and mental health, motivation, and overall functioning can be significantly impacted. Additionally, it has been found that a lack of sleep can contribute to decreased mental health. Sleep disturbances are often a symptom of several […]
What are the Different Types of Emotions?
Natural emotions Most people experience a variety of emotions throughout their life. Most of these experienced emotions are in reaction to something; an event, a person, something gross, or something pleasant or comforting. Sometimes these emotions are intense and fleeting, and other times they stick around. When we have an immediate emotional response to something […]
Panic and Anxiety Attacks
Intense headaches, shaking, nausea, lightheadedness, irregular heartbeat, chest pains, trouble breathing, tightness in the chest, stomach pain, sweating, tingling. Numbness, intense hot or cold feelings, perceived choking, or being unable to speak. Each one of these symptoms on their own can be scary but sometimes people experience a number of these symptoms all together. When […]