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The Importance of Self-Regulation in Relationships Most people want to stay calm during difficult conversations. They want to communicate clearly, express their needs, and set healthy boundaries. However, when emotions intensify, many people find themselves reacting in ways they did not intend. For example, you may plan to stay calm during a tough conversation. Yet
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Reducing mental health stigma isn't just about shifting perceptions; it's about saving lives and opening doors to healing.
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Explore 10 mindful ways to practice self-care and protect your well-being.
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When life feels noisy, crowded, or moving too fast, nature quietly invites us back to ourselves. Spending time outdoors doesn’t just fee
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The Importance of Self-Regulation in Relationships Most people want to stay calm during difficult conversations. They want to communicate clearly, express their needs, and set healthy boundaries. However, when emotions intensify, many people find themselves reacting in ways they did not intend. For example, you may plan to stay calm during a tough conversation. Yet
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Stay Tuned... We will be sharing a new research backed wellness tip every day in December! Even a small laugh can make a difference.Be well, laugh. Resident Therapist Gisselle Balderas
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Learn why staying awake to your feelings and process, even when uncomfortable, develops resilience and healthier relationships. Sustained self-awareness prompts waking up.
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A toxic parent's actions can seem obvious in hindsight, making you question why you didn't see how wrong they were when you were young. But there are actually a lot of things you won't remember if you had a toxic parent, and it's the absences that…
This phenomenon is explained in Dr Schnarch’s book Brain Talk. Repeatedly being exposed to traumatic mind mapping causes a breakdown in a child’s ability to mind map their parent and the capacity to mind map other people is impacted. This is why people end up marrying people similar to their toxic parent.
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One in five mothers experience postpartum depression but most women affected by it struggle in silence. A group of local women are speaking out about their challenges as mothers, hoping to break down the persistent stigma that surrounds maternal mental health.
For some women, postpartum depression can be their first and only experience with a mental illness.
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"If you’re like me, the holiday season is the most stressful time of the year. You have to plan get-togethers..."
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"If you’re like me, the holiday season is the most stressful time of the year. You have to plan get-togethers..."
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Finding ways to maintain and restore energy can help sustain the busy and hectic lives that have become normal in our society. It can be difficult, but recognizing burnout is the best first step. Knowing personal limits is the first step in being able to set healthy boundaries.
Read our latest blog on how to deal with burnout and create better boundaries for yourself!
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The wisest, most loving, and well rounded people you have ever met are likely those who have known misery, known defeat, known the heartbreak of losing something or someone they loved, and have found their way out of the depths of their own despair.
People develop ... an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, understanding and a deep loving wisdom.
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Peterson's book is part-memoir and part-exposition of the science, symptoms and treatment of anxiety disorders.
The fears in anxiety disorders... can overwhelm a person and prevent them from doing everyday things. “Anxiety disorders derail lives,” she writes.
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"Our Mental Health Minute" addresses subjects most pertinent to our community.
Psychologists have creatively designed ways to reach out to Black America with mental health education.
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The benefits of meditation range from reducing anxiety to giving your immune system a boost, but sometimes finding time to sit still for 20 minutes seems impossible. Fortunately, if you’re on the go, you can still reap the benefits of quieting your mind. One way to do this is to incorporate meditation into your daily …
Begin to feel the benefits of meditation in just a few minutes.
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My son had absolutely no turn off button for his energy, which made me wonder how we go about diagnosing ADHD to see if it was possibly a match.
Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity are signs of ADHD, but are also signs of normal childhood behavior.
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Thousands of people are tormented by the thought, I want to die. If you’ve been having thoughts like this, we want to let you know that you are not alone.
The feeling of hopeless you may currently be experiencing is temporary; help is available and there is hope, even though you may not feel that way at the moment.
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It’s been said that the days are long, but the years are short.
It’s hard to be your kids’ everything when you feel like you’re running on nothing.
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Being a trauma survivor with PTSD symptoms means living a life that feels extremely isolated and misunderstood. You know you’re doing the best you can to get through every day with a minimum …
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Researchers are discovering the importance of treating yourself with the same compassion you extend to other people.
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A self-compassionate attitude has tremendous power to help achieve goals, reduce stress, and promote mental, physical and emotional well-being.
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Take a minute to consider these four scenarios. Which do you think would make you happiest?
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Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson believes in a more nuanced view of how the brain functions. He illuminates new research that could lead to targeted psychiatric medications -- that work better and avoid side effects. How's he doing it? For a start, by making a bunch of fruit flies angry. (Filmed at TEDxCaltech.)
Evidently, the chemical imbalance dogma of conventional medicine is wrong, including the mantra that serotonin is the happiness chemical:
On the Serotonin Myth, Chemical Imbalance, and Tryptophan Side Effects
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Gratitude—and mindfulness—is a very direct antidote to grumpiness. Try one of these practices right now.
