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What to Say When Reaching Out to a Therapist for the First Time.
You've found a therapist that you'd like to work with. Here is what to say when reaching out to a therapist for the first time.
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Mar 14, 20222 min read


How Sleep Affects Mental Health
You can't function at your best and your brain is not working it's best, when you don't have adequate sleep. Sleep is important for many...
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Mar 10, 20222 min read


Five Therapist Recommended Kids Books.
Books are just one of the many tools that can be used in therapy sessions. Books to educate, books to relate to, books to teach. Books...
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Feb 14, 20221 min read


What Netflix show "After Life" teaches us about the signs of suicide
** Spoiler alert** After Life follows comedian and actor, Ricky Gervais, as he plays a writer for a local newspaper, struggling to come...
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Feb 8, 20222 min read


Sweat out your Anxiety and Depression.
I recently became a member of Hotworx - a fitness studio that combines exercise with Infared saunas. I enjoy it for many reasons - the...
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Jan 18, 20223 min read


How our "Green Thumbs" helped our Mental Health during the pandemic
On this cold January evening, close to two years since the COVID 19 pandemic began, I repotted and watered my five plants, and I must say...
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Jan 10, 20223 min read


How to process grief during the holidays, according to poet Tracy K. Smith
Hokyoung Kim for NPR Editor's note: This story was originally published in December 2020. When I was a kid, I watched the winter holidays...
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Dec 26, 20215 min read
Exposure to Morning Sunlight Profoundly Affects Mood, Health, and Nighttime Sleep
I didn’t pay attention much when my midwife first suggested to try and get our kids outside before noon in order to help them sleep at...
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Dec 26, 20214 min read


My son and I open about mental health and addiction
We've worked with SO many parents who are watching their child struggle with mental health and addiction. We've listened as their kids...
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Dec 26, 20211 min read


Learning to Celebrate Neurodiversity in Mindfulness
BY SUE HUTTON OCTOBER 8, 2020 “When I’m told to focus on sensations of my breath, I feel like there is a noose wrapped around my neck,...
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Dec 26, 20217 min read


The Science of Trauma, Mindfulness, and PTSD
BY JENNIFER WOLKIN JUNE 15, 2016 If we were able to prove that individuals suffering from PTSD are experiencing reversible neurological...
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Dec 26, 20216 min read


Let this be your mantra: “Nothing new for now”
Nov 13, 2020/ Nora McInerny Lately my brain feels like a full sponge. There’s nothing else that could possibly be absorbed, and most...
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Nov 8, 20213 min read


How to drop the ball in your life without letting anyone down (including you)
Aug 2, 2021 / Tiffany Dufu Lisk Feng I used to be a person who was terrified of ever dropping the ball. In the US, the term “drop the...
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Nov 8, 20216 min read


A New Way to Understand Shame.
One thing we can all agree on is how tough it feels to battle with Shame. We all have it, and we've all struggled to move past the...
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Nov 8, 20211 min read


The 7 types of rest that every person needs
Jan 6, 2021/ Saundra Dalton-Smith MD This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of...
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Nov 8, 20214 min read


This Could be Why you're Anxious or Depressed.
In a moving talk, journalist Johann Hari shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world --...
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Nov 8, 20211 min read
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