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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Dealing With Difficult People: Tips for events where there will be people you find to be difficult

    Who are the difficult people in your life?  Those people with whom you have tended to feel stress and tension when around?  Common examples are: your ex-spouse, an in-law who is more of an out-law, a family member with whom you don’t see eye-to-eye, boss, co-worker, etc.  For many of us, there are events, meetings,…

  • 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…

  • Do You Get Depressed During Fall And Winter Months?

    Do you wonder whether you have, or someone you love has, Seasonal Affective Disorder/ Seasonal Depression (SAD)?*  Today’s blog entry will cover symptoms, background theories on what may cause seasonal depression, and some things to do that can help with SAD. WHAT IS SEASONAL DEPRESSION/ SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER (SAD)? Often tending to be most severe…