Category: Blog

  • Are Smartphones and Social Media Ruining Our Teenagers’ Mental Health?

    My short answers to this question are “sort of” and “not exactly”… I recently read the book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, it  brought about a lot of feelings of anxiety!  It seems apparent that smartphones and social media have impacted adolescent mental…

  • What the movie Inside Out 2 got right about feelings….

    If you haven’t seen the Disney Pixar movie, Inside Out 2, I definitely recommend it!  At the time of this writing, it is still in theaters, but I imagine it’ll be for rent or purchase soon as well.  I was impressed with the way the movie presented or explained a lot of concepts grounded in…

  • Tips On Improving Your Sleep

    Improving your sleep can positively impact your mental health and well-being.  Sleep is how we recharge, integrate the day’s learnings, and repair on a cellular level.  Many Americans have difficulty getting ‘enough’ hours of sleep per night.  Those of you whom are parents of teenagers, it’s especially true that many teenagers are not getting their…

  • Freedom from Our Stressful Thoughts – Finding Flexibility in our Anxious Minds

    I had the wonderful ‘bucket list’ opportunity to attend the School for The Work with Byron Katie last year.  Byron Katie has created a process that helps us question our own stressful thoughts.  The school/ conference was chock full of good information and experiential learning, and I thought I would try to organize my experience…

  • Habits: Tips and Tricks for Building and Maintaining Habits Important to You

    Want to change your eating habits, increase exercise, quit or decrease something (smoking, alcohol), stop procrastinating, or get more work done?  Just in time for the start of 2024 – a ‘fresh start’ time to begin a new habit – I’ve compiled some tips to help start and maintain good habits. Timing May Matter/ “Fresh…

  • Mental Health Friendly Holiday Gift Ideas

    A little divergent from what therapists usually write about for holiday preparation, today I’m giving gift ideas and associated links* for gifts that are therapeutic in nature and/or are in support of mental health.  I’m in full support of gifting to oneself as well, so hopefully you’ll also find some items on this list to…