With the old year ending and the new year starting, it is a good time to take stock in the year that has passed and a good time to think about what you want for the year to come. Making a New Year’s resolution can be a good thing, but […]
Posts archive for 2014
Rebuilding a Relationship with Your Estranged Child
Much of the winter holidays focuses on family and togetherness. Many of the images of the holidays show happy families of parents and grandparents and children all gathered around a menorah or a Christmas tree. But what if you are estranged from your adult child? What if you have grandchildren […]
Coping With Holiday Depression In A Healthy Way
With the passing of Thanksgiving comes the beginning of this holiday season. By the end of this week, the holiday season will be about halfway through. Many people have difficulty during this time of year. There are as many reasons for people to have trouble with the holiday season as […]
Eight Medical Conditions Caused By Excess Stress
According to Dr. Jay Winner the author of Take the Stress Out of Your Life and the director of the Stress Management Program for Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, CA, “Stress doesn’t only make us feel awful emotionally. It can also exacerbate just about any health condition you can think […]
Six Healthy Ways to Help Your Child Cope with Divorce
It is not difficult to imagine the difficulty that children often have when their parents get divorced. Many parents, even those who both want to be involved in the lives of their children and those who truly love their children more than anything else, sometimes have a difficult time figuring […]
Fighting Childhood Depression
“Depression and anxiety are common, so common, they are kind of normal. Depression and anxiety are treatable. You can get better.” This quote comes from a school psychologist at Byram Hills High School in New York. Cases of depression in school-aged children are becoming more prevalent as more counselors are being […]
Learn to Better Communicate with Your Teenager
Some people will describe teenagers as a species all their own. Teenagers’ bodies are so overrun by the hormones that are coursing through their veins that they can be difficult and irritable. They can be emotionally driven and motivated to keep most adults out of their lives completely. Teenagers can […]
Coping with Disaster
After experiencing or witnessing a disaster, it is perfectly normal to feel anxious or stressed out. After a traumatic incident, your feelings of stress or anxiousness are probably quicker to surface than they were before. While these are normal reactions, the reactions themselves can lead to further anxiety or stress […]
Tis the Season for Seasonal Affective Disorder
The weather is getting colder and much longer in most parts of the country. Although South Floridians don’t typically fall victim to this disorder, all of these weather changes and the loss of so much daylight leads to up to half a million people across the US suffering from seasonal […]
When Love Is Not Enough In Your Marriage
We wanted to share some insight from one Mark Manson’s recent articles, “Love is Not Enough” in order to shed some light on some of the most common problems that many of us have in our relationships. Author Mark Manson is a professional blogger and book author who has devoted […]
