

Tips to Survive Political Distress with Family and Friends
If you find yourself regularly fighting with friends or family members over politics, the pandemic, or concerns about our country, you're...


What If Santa Can’t Afford Christmas?
My friend’s daughter had glanced at the news while she was playing and suddenly ran to her mother and asked, “Mommy, what if Santa can’t...


Managing Stress when Pandemic Fears Overwhelm the Holidays
This holiday season will be different, but different doesn’t mean joyless or hopeless. Here are 5 suggestions to help you cope.


Is political stress interfering with your relationship?
Between the daily news, upcoming elections, financial uncertainty, and ever-changing school situations, stress is inescapable. According...


Doom-Scrolling: Why We Do It and How to Stop
Humans naturally crave security and control. Lately, the compounding uncertainty from election turmoil, illness, school closures, and...


The Psychological Merits of a Meltdown
Meltdowns typically have a negative connotation. It’s the result of holding it together and keeping your feelings inside though a...


Toxic Positivity: It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
Staying positive during uncertain times is important, unless it means denying what you really feel to fit in with how you think you...


As COVID-19 Restrictions Lift, Post Traumatic Stress Effects Appear
Mental health surveys on the effects of COVID-19 are revealing an increase in PTSD symptoms among all individuals. That includes those...


Building Relationship Resilience that will Survive COVID-19
There is no perfect relationship, and all relationships struggle with conflict, misunderstanding, and frustration from time to time....


Preparing for a pandemic with an overly anxious partner
It would have seemed impossible for a virus that began in China to eventually spread throughout the world, pushing cities everywhere to...





