Why Adult Child/Parent Reconciliation Is Often Impossible Many adult children might want to reconcile but it remains theoretical that can’t be reached in real life. This is also true for parents.Repeated efforts at changing the tenor of the relationship over … Continue reading →
Self-Affirmations Alone Don’t Work Self-affirmations and wishful thinking are often counter-productive.Story editing can counter debilitating narratives about ourselves.Learned optimism, like hope, is grounded in cognitive evidence and wonder.Psychologist Martin Seligman’s ABCDE framework of learned optimism provides a basis for story … Continue reading →
All About Eating Disorders People with eating disorders typically have a difficult relationship with food and body image. There are several types of eating disorders, each involving different symptoms. Anyone can have an eating disorder, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, … Continue reading →
What Is the Difference Between Heart Failure, Heart Disease, and a Heart Attack? Heart disease is an umbrella term for a lot of different conditions, such as: Arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeatCoronary artery disease, where plaque builds up in the vessels … Continue reading →
Forcing Kids To Show Affection Could Be Dangerous I don’t believe we need to be forcing kids to show affection. This is The Reason Why I Do Not Force My Kids To Hug Or Kiss. They can do it when … Continue reading →
Psychoeducation and Trauma: How It Helps Trauma psychoeducation helps you understand trauma and how it affects the body, which in turn, can help you learn to manage it. It can feel isolating to experience trauma. You may even think that … Continue reading →
Don’t Build Your Marriage Solely on Happiness Happiness is the ultimate privilege. Some believe they’re entitled to be happy, no matter who or what they mess up on their journey. Lesli Doares addresses this belief in her article “Bad Marriage … Continue reading →
2 Signs Your kid Has OCD(according to a child psychologist) The term “OCD” is often wrongly diagnosed to someone who has a strict morning routine or keeps an organized desk. Having OCD, or obsessive compulsive disorder, has little to do … Continue reading →
How Social Anxiety Affects the Brain Research shows how changes in important areas of the brain, such as the hippocampus and amygdala, can be affected by social anxiety. Social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, is a form of … Continue reading →
10 Gentle Parenting Techniques That Make Me a Better Mom From showing my kids real empathy and respect to setting boundaries that make sense, today I’m sharing some of the gentle parenting techniques and rules that I feel make me … Continue reading →
