Depression diagnoses are more common post Daylight Savings Time, according to a study by Danish and American researchers. Many more experience lowered moods at this time of year, without being formally diagnosed. Given the epidemic of stress and depressive symptoms since 2019, and the Fall time-change/shorter days effects, I offer…
November darkness + lingering covid protocols + months in survival mode = mild-to-overwhelming anxiety. It's not a secret that many of us struggle, nor is it that as the days get darker, we have more trouble surfacing. Coping with low mental health takes practice. There are lots of ways to…
Ah, the sugar rush of Halloween. It doesn't just last one day, or a week... admit it, there's a pillowcase of candy in your kid's bedroom that you're going to raid for months after trick or treating ends. Don't have kids? Ah, well that's better... but you're an adult. You…
Your memories can't hurt you - It's the emotions attached to them that are the issue. Emotions are generated in response to life experiences. Ideally, they are experienced, processed and flow through us to a resolution. Whether it’s grief, joy, awe or hurt, these are not normally static states. It’s…
A highly accomplished, intelligent woman was referred to me for stress and self sabotage. She wanted to accomplish more in her life, but it felt like a struggle. Part of her was ambitious to reach the new goals and visions she had set for herself. But with her subconscious mind…
Many of my clients have tried therapy in the past, and report that their sessions have always been fifty minutes long. This seems reasonable. It allows therapists time to regroup, pull up case notes, get ready for the next client and run their practices efficiently. Some, realizing the amount of…
Did you know? When we feel stressed, our minds send signals to our bodies. The body then creates its own stress responses and ships those back to the brain, and in effect, tells the brain to be even more stressed. So what do we do about this? How do we…
The mind and body are intimately linked. Everything that happens in the body affects the mind and vise versa. And this is true all the way down to our genes. Picture this: every one of our genes is like a slider switch on a sound board at a music festival.…
Emotional resiliency. We now know that one of emotional resiliency’s most foundational elements is having learned self compassion as a child. A whole generation grew up with the drum beat of self-esteem. Parents, teachers, all preaching self-esteem. But that is a shaky pedestal to stand on. It depends entirely on…
Limiting beliefs. You and I and everyone else have them to some degree but we’re often not consciously aware of them. As a result, we’re hamstrung in our search for happy, meaningful lives free of trauma, self-doubt and self-sabotage. The following limiting beliefs checklist can be eye opening. I often…