A Wellness Recovery Action Plan can be very helpful for helping someone who is struggling with mental illness, especially how to prevent...

Focus = Feelings If you tend to focus on things you do not control, you’ll feel more anxious in general, because the brain evolved to...

She had unlimited resources, a title, fame. Yet, she suffered racism, sexism and a host of other "isms". She felt suicidal. She reached...

When you catch someone lying, it is natural to feel betrayed. It feels like an insult, and it is very hard to step back and be objective....

It is really important to keep your healthcare providers in the loop anytime you add supplements or vitamins to your routine. And it is...

From Wiki "In the early hours of March 13, 1964, 28year-old, Kitty Genovese, was stabbed outside the apartment building across the street...

Helpless Complainer (or Help-Rejecting Complainer) Is there some one you know who always has a cloud over them? It can be tempting to get...

The RAM Model was produced by Dr. John Van Epp in his research regarding relationships progression. It’s a simple way to look at how...

Comments about our bodies, even positive, can be triggering. We have a weight-obsessed (and youth obsessed) culture, and we have decided...

Research has taught us that 99% of individuals experience intrusive thoughts at least occasionally and 13% of those individuals...

Struggling with someone in your life? Having a hard time moving forward? As long as you stay entrenched in your own position or enslaved...

Story time can provide more than entertainment; it’s a way to discuss difficult topics. I have listed some books to read with your...

Garrett Ray Harriman writes a wonderful article on how it all works. It was so helpful to me to review that I thought is was worth a...

Let's acknowledge one of the major barriers to self-care. It's not $$ or TIME, it's something much deeper: SHAME. Self-care relates to...

80-90% of self-care is an inside job. This means that most of our self-care revolves around our internal processes. It’s about how we...

Mindful Associations- SOM S- Scent. Scent is our earliest memory. We can use scents to evoke positive or negative memories and their...

You are probably reading this because something that happened a long time ago to your partner is having an impact on your relationship...

Forgiving an abuser is hard, especially when it is someone who failed to protect you, like a caregiver in your childhood. Forgiving your...

Dissociation is a form of “freezing”. It is a strategy that is often used when the option of fighting or running (fleeing) is not an...

Here is an example of a letter to a mother from her adult child. Notice how it focuses on her emotions and perspective rather than simply...