Gratitude vs Toxic Positivity
As we wind down from the day dedicated to giving thanks, it’s important to note the differences between gratitude and toxic positivity. Learn how to lean in to the mental health benefits of gratitude without feeling the need to minimize your feelings and needs.
What is Grounding? Mental Health Strategies
Grounding is about being present in your body and rooted in the moment, working to be free from negative thoughts. Learn how these strategies can help with anxiety, irritability, numbing, and loss of motivation. These strategies can be beneficial for adults, teens, and children.
The Teenage Brain- Parenting Strategies
Discover parenting strategies to help you meet your teen where they are developmentally. Address typical teenage angst as well as larger concerns for their mental health.
What You Need To Know About Your Teen’s Brain
How can you tell when behaviors and feelings are part of typical teenage angst or something more concerning? Learn about the teenage brain and how its development impacts the changes in your teen’s behaviors and emotions.
When Your Loved One Has ADHD- a look at the impact of ADHD on adult relationships
Building an understanding of the psychological and biological impacts of ADHD can be critical for BOTH partners in a relationship, meaning those with ADHD and their partner. Learn about what you may need to know and why it can make a big difference in maintaining a healthy relationship.
Seasonal Affective Disorder-What You Need to Know
Learn about Seasonal Affective Disorder- including common misunderstandings, new diagnosis names, symptoms, and treatment options for you or your loved ones.
When Your ‘Trauma Armor’ Begins To Weigh You Down
When we experience trauma it can sometimes be necessary to build psychological armor to protect ourselves emotionally during our times of need. Wearing that “armor” for too long, though, can weigh us down and keep us stuck or numb. Could you be wearing your armor too long or what might that even look like? This blog is about the ways we cope with trauma, emotional abuse, or prolonged stress and some of the strategies to regain control if those coping skills begin to work against us.
Are You Fight or Flight? Are You Sure?
What do you know about the fight-or-flight response? Did you know that your stress response can shift for different circumstances? Do you know about the freeze response? Learn about your body’s automatic stress response system and how you can have more control over it. This blog is for adults/teens with sections for caregivers and clinicians to use with children.
No Parents, You Don’t Always Have To Play Too- The Power Of Free Play On Your Child’s Brain
This blog is about the research behind free play, or nondirected play, and the positive impacts it has on your child’s brain development. Let it help you find balance between one-on-one attention and autonomy for you and your child.
You Are What You Repeat- Successful Habit Building
Why are healthy habits so hard to keep? How can you go from mentally setting goals to actually living in the successes of them? This blog highlights some of the key strategies outlined by leading researchers and bestselling authors on habit setting and how your brain works.
What’s Feeding Your Kid’s Bad Behaviors?
Are you struggling with a constantly irritable, anxious, lethargic, or depressed mood-set or behaviors in your school age children or teens? Your child’s diet can be affecting their behaviors and mood. Whether you are seeing mild behavioral and mood changes or more moderate to severe ones, addressing what your family is eating can be an major step to improvement.
Your 2nd Brain-The Gut- & How Much It Influences Mental Health
Learn about what occurs in your digestive tract (gut) that can also influence what occurs psychologically in your brain, impacting one’s stress and mental health, even to the point of developing mental illnesses.
Anxiety & Teens
There is no doubt so many teens struggle with anxiety these days. How can you help your teen when they’re struggling with anxiety? These strategies are for caregivers and teens alike. Read them together and build a better understanding of anxiety’s impacts and some strategies for relief.
Self Sabotage-Why We Do It & How To Stop
There are so many reasons why someone may unknowingly sabotage their own happiness or success, and we all do it in some degree at some point, but when it becomes chronic it can signal greater concerns. This blog is about how to recognize and address self sabotaging behavior.
Night Terrors vs Nightmares & How To Help
Many children occasionally suffer from nightmares, especially when their body may be overstressed or overtired. Night terrors, though, are different from nightmares. They can be biological in nature or result from particularly stressful periods in a child’s life. This blog will help you identify them and discuss commonly practiced tips for addressing night terrors. There is also a link for help with nightmares at the end.
Seasonal Allergies & Stress
Are you starting to feel like life is one continuous cycle from colds to seasonal allergies- find out one possible reason why. Learn how your seasonal allergies can be impacting your mental health as well as how your mental health can be impacting those seasonal allergies!
What Is Integrative Mental Health-The Whole Body Approach
“Everyone lives on a spectrum of physical and mental health”- Kenneth Bock, M.D. Learn how integrative mental health addresses the ways both systems work together and influence each other, both positively and negatively.
3 Common Ways Your Brain Gets It Wrong
If you think of your brain as a super computer, you have to make sure you also recognize that it often comes with glitches and its own needs for updates. We have to recognize that our brain does not always get the answer right. In fact, it may often be wrong. Here’s three common ways our brain can misinterpret information.
Traveling With Kids- Strategies To Help Reduce Your Stress On Your Next Family Vacation
You may have heard the saying, “Parents don’t really go on vacation. They just take care of their kids in different cities”. This blog is aimed at helping reduce some of the natural stress load that parenting brings, especially when traveling. From planning tips to packing tips, help yourself get more out of your family vacation and receive all the relaxation benefits that it can offer.
Strategies To Help With Mild Travel Anxiety
Many can experience mild forms of travel anxiety. Learn more about why traveling can be an anxiety trigger for many as well as some strategies to help address those fears and worries proactively before your next trip. Begin practicing some of these habits now so you can use them during your next vacation.