5 Apps to Help Improve Your Mental Health
I think it’s safe to say that these days, oftentimes more time is spent on our smartphones than not. While our phones and social media can be entertaining (and let’s face it, addictive), it’s been …
Identifying Autism Spectrum Disorder
Mental Health Awareness Thanks to social media platforms, like TikTok, awareness is being raised about a variety of mental health disorders, most recently autism, dissociative identity disorder, and ADHD. Mental health professionals, especially testing psychologists, …
Accepting the Uncomfortable – Not All Spaces are Safe
Are My Emotions Facts? Emotions are just emotions and thoughts are only thoughts. They are not always facts or truth. When I first heard this phrase, I got angry. “What do you mean my emotions/thoughts …
Regaining Self-Compassion
As I’m counseling clients virtually during this pandemic, one of the common phrases I hear is, “Others have it much worse.” There’s a lot of discounted grief and pain. There’s a certain guilt or …
Being Intentional During Tough Times
The current world health pandemic, without a doubt, has had an impact physically, mentally, and emotionally on everyone. Anxiety, uncertainty, and fear has permeated ours lives faster than we were prepared for. Even with the end not …
Staying Sane in the Midst of Chaos
We are in an ambiguous time. Our usual planning for the next several weeks or months in advance has been reduced to the latest Netflix show to watch, book to read, or game to …
