The New Year or any time is always a good time to reflect upon what changes you’d like to make in your life in order to live as optimally as possible. A lot of focus gets put on improved health habits...
Category - Emotional Health
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Love Your Inner Child
Rick Hanson, PhD looks at the power of your inner child to shape how you see yourself as an adult. If you carry wounds from your past, he offers ways to “love your inner child” and heal. As long as...
Rick Hanson, PhD
Happy New Year! The Best of Emotional Health and Relationships 2022
As we say farewell to 2022 and glide into 2023, my hope is that no matter what is going on around you and in the world, you remember that you and your relationships are your best resources for resilience, joy, peace and...
Reflections on Gratitude, Even for the Hard Stuff
Linda Graham, MFT, explores the use of gratitude as a buffer and offers tools to help practice gratitude even in the most difficult of times. Gratitude works its magic – to buffer us from falling into swamps of...
Linda Graham, MFT
Combat Self-Blame with Self-Forgiveness
Dr. Elisha Goldstein, PhD, offers a self-forgiveness practice to help shift our old stories and habit of self-blame. He suggests that if we adopt a “learning mindset,” growth can occur from the...
Elisha Goldstein, PhD
People Speak on their Revelations about Gratitude
Thanksgiving is a time to take a moment to pause and reflect on gratitude and what it means for you. As research has not fully backed, gratitude holds the power to not only improve happiness levels but strengthen...
Painful Holidays: Three Challenging Situations and How to Manage Them
Holidays mean togetherness for family and friends for many, celebrating your most important relationships, enjoying good food and each other’s companionship. But for some, the holiday period can be a painful for...
Let’s Take Another Deep Breath
It doesn’t seem that long ago when I wrote a slew of articles to support the many under chronically high levels of stress, worry and preoccupation during the pandemic. A common thread connecting my audience...
The Problem with Perfectionism and How to Move Away From It
The need to be perfect, perfectionism, can be a real challenge for people, impacting personal happiness and general well-being. Perfectionistic behavior can also negatively impact relationships. The problem is that...
How to Reset, Renew and Find Yourself
A lot has happened societally over the last several years. People have had to wrestle with numerous challenges and adapt. And still now many are contemplating where we are and what it means moving forward. When there...