Picking your career path can be an overwhelming. Many people have no idea what they want to do or how to start figuring it out. Fortunately, there are free assessments online that can help you organize your thoughts.

When we aren’t feeling confident inside, it might seem like nothing is going right on the outside--low self-confidence can send individuals into downward spirals.

Sometimes, especially as we get older, life starts to feel less exciting. We go to work or school, we come home, we take care of our responsibilities, we go to bed, and then we do the whole thing over again.

Just like the most loaded questions with complex answers, the simple answer to this question is “yes and no” or “it depends.” Let’s start with why video games are stigmatized and how they can be unhealthy and then we will circle back around to the benefits of gaming.

Work is stressful, and it can get the better of us sometimes. Having a good self-care routine can prevent feeling burnt out. Sings of feeling burnt out are:

Have you ever had one of those days where you were working on overdrive, bouncing from one task to the next, trying to complete a seemingly never-ending to do list before eventually crashing into bed?

We experience grief when we lose a valued entity in our life. This can be a human or an animal; or it can even be the end of a relationship, such as a breakup. There are five stages to grief.

The following list is for anyone who overindulges in substance use. These are few of the reasons why I decided to get sober and come from my own personal experience.

I have always been a foodie. When I think back on positive memories with those I love, food is often involved.

When I was doing my training as a marriage and family therapist in Graduate School I worked at a community mental health center called The Relational Center. I will never forget the day that my supervisor told me that studies have shown that social isolation can be deadlier than smoking cigarettes.

It is no doubt that becoming a first time mom or dad is HARD WORK! There are so many changes occurring with your routine, your sleeping, your body and often your relationship with your partner.

I hear from many parents who want their young children to come into therapy. As a therapist, I think it is so important for children to have a place where they feel safe and can express thoughts and feelings when they want to…

Anyone who is successful in some aspect of their lives will tell you how self- esteem and confidence played an important role in their success. Self-esteem is the way we feel about ourselves, and is something that we develop early on and carry throughout our lives.

Many of the clients that I meet with come in with overwhelming amounts of anxiety. Whether the anxiety be about work, relationships, children, managing a household and so on, it is no doubt distressing and can feel like a thinking trap you are unable to escape from.

I meet with many couples who come in and tell me that they have been having the same fight for years and years. They will tell me that no matter how many times they talk about the same topic or have the same argument, it always seems to end in gridlock- nothing is solved or resolved, and both people are left frustrated and unheard.

You may have heard of mindfulness meditation—it’s become the hot new trend in meditation practice in recent years. However, what you may not know, is just how beneficial mindfulness can be.

The early stages of addiction recovery are the most challenging, which is why recovery meetings make welcoming newcomers their highest priority. If you are on your first day or week of sobriety, then it is important that you understand that you cannot trust your thoughts.

Shame is a word that we have all heard before, but rarely hear talked about. Oftentimes shame gets mistaken or used in place of the word guilt.

When we are little kids, we look up to our parents for everything. Not only do we depend on them to meet our basic needs, but we tend to idealize them and see them as perfect and never failing.

Understanding our emotional triggers and learning how to communicate our emotions to others when we feel triggered is an essential part of building and maintaining healthy relationships. We all have emotional triggers and sensitivities and they are different for each person.