Three Ways Music Therapy Can Improve Your Mental State
Listening to music is one way to handle stress. But music therapy can take multiple forms. Here’s how …
Tips for Breaking Through When You’re Overwhelmed
A therapist discusses tested strategies for breaking through the feeling of being overwhelmed in order to be more productive and experience greater satisfaction.
You Don’t Have to Take Bad Advice
She might be your friend, but you don't have to take her advice. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.comYour friend means well. Or maybe it’s your boss. Or your mother-in-law.They’re so gentle, so kind. So concerned.Perhaps they’ve had you ov ...
You can change, and so can your relationship
The perfect marriage does not exist. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.comYou can change, and so can your relationship.In fact, you should change over time. And your relationships should come with you.The perfect marriage, where people are destined t ...
Voicing Your Needs Isn’t Rude, Getting What You Need is Not Selfish
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.comMoney. Politics. Chores. Restaurants.Relationships offer countless conflicts, large and small, every day.How we respond to those conflicts can determine not just the one decision being made, but whether yo ...
What is Self-Love, Exactly?
Photo by Alina Vilchenko on Pexels.com "When you learn to love yourself /you dissolve all the stones that are cast.” – Indigo Girls What does it mean to love yourself?The statement can seem to make no sense. Obviously you love yourself. Every p ...
Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Therapy
Meaningful help might be a phone call away. Reach out. Photo by youssef naddam on Unsplash.Recent reports suggest that quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a worrying uptick in prescriptions for sleep medicine and antidepressants. ...
Talking With Children About COVID-19
Our kids are listening. Photo by August de Richelieu on Pexels.comExciting days of novelty and the adventure of quarantine have given way to the tedium of daily life. Where once we had the enthusiasm to designate special days, plan special meals, ...
Simple Ways to Reduce #WFH Conflict
Working from home was fun and casual, at first. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.comOver two months into quarantine, many of us are struggling with our work from home routines.At first the novelty was appealing. We could dress how we wanted. ...
Create a Zen Getaway in Your Own Home
Creating a single simple uncluttered space is enough. Photo by Jack Sparrow on Pexels.comIn the era after coronavirus, work-from-home, school-from-home, eat-at-home, and so much more will be part of our “new normal”.As we sequestered in place, m ...