The Therapeutic Power of Pets and Benefits for Mental Health
Guest post by Sheri Leasure, LCSW Years ago, long before I would have even considered the therapeutic power of pets, my older sister and her husband had a big goofy Golden Retriever named Daisy Jane. I was a living with them at the time, as I was a poor graduate student working part-time at a […]
How Tuning In to Your Body Can Make You More Resilient
guest post by Linda Graham, MFT By balancing our physiology and nervous systems, body-based practices can help us through hard times. Stuff happens. Another car suddenly swerves into your lane on the freeway. You misplace your keys and wallet two minutes before you need to catch your bus to work. You shred the wrong […]
4 Ways To Improve Your Body Image and Mental Health
Guest post by Karen Kuhlman, LSW Remember those curvy Renaissance and Baroque beauties lounging on couches in portraits painted by da Vinci, Rubens and others? Those generously proportioned women were deemed the height of beauty by European society at the time. Fast forward 300-600 years. Now thin bodies are seen as healthy, appealing, and […]
Social Anxiety Therapy
Emerging from the Pandemic is causing anxiety for many people. The level of anxiety depends on your comfort level in various public situations. But you may have social anxiety disorder experience if you experience this kind of social anxiety feeling on an ongoing basis. What is different about social anxiety disorder than a temporary uncertainty […]
7 Tips for Cultivating a Successful Meditation Daily Practice
Guest post by Rebecca Muir What if there was an all-natural vitamin that did all the following: • minimized your stress and anxiety • strengthened your emotional health and self-awareness • lengthened your attention span • reduced age-related memory loss • enhanced feelings of kindness • helped fight food cravings • improved your sleep […]