Mindfulness Techniques for Anxiety and Stress
What is Mindfulness? It is important to understand the concept of mindfulness. Although mindfulness is rooted in Eastern religion, you do not have to be a Buddhist to reap the benefits of [read more]
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES): What You Need to Know for You and Your Children
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES): What you need to know for both you and your children. Often, stressors in our children’s lives go unnoticed and unaddressed. Divorce, parental separation, emotional [read more]
Yoga as a Part of Counseling? The Benefits of Yoga for Your Mental Health
Yoga as a Part of Counseling? Benefits for PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression Yoga is widely known for reducing stress, improving flexibility and concentration, and promoting a sense of peace, to [read more]
Suicide: What Can I do? How Can I Help? Follow Your Instincts
What can I do about suicide? How can I help? What you need to know. Sadly, in the past week, there were two highly publicized deaths due to suicide. Like [read more]
What Are Personal Boundaries and Why Are They Important?
It is essential to have personal boundaries to have healthy relationships. Personal Boundaries are important because you set basic guidelines of how you want to be treated. The problem [read more]
Do I Have Low Self-Esteem?
Are you always saying you are sorry and apologizing? Do you go against what you think and feel because you are afraid of what people may think? Are you able [read more]
Your Parents Needed Therapy: How To Know If Your Parent is a “Narcissist”.
How do you know if you grew up with toxic family and or/parents? What are the symptoms of narcissistic parents? You may have known that something was "not right" [read more]
PTSD: What you know and probably don’t know about symptoms
Recently, on a local morning show, I was asked about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it affects people on Halloween. Indeed, loud noises, unexpected surprises, and even costumes [read more]
Meditation and Inner Peace
Although meditation is often associated with the Buddhist religion, it is a secular technique that has been shown by researchers to help with anxiety, depression, and many other mental health [read more]
Emotional Trauma: Break Free From the Past
All people experience traumatic events during their lives. Maybe you grew up in a dysfunctional family environment where you had a narcissistic or alcoholic parent. Perhaps you were bullied as [read more]
