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Contributed by Yvonne Sinclair, MA, MFCC Are you a person who takes care of everyone else before yourself? Do you believe you should put yourself last? If you routinely take care of others’ needs before your own, then you may have codependent tendencies. In a relationship, codependent behaviors can potentially sabotage your relationship success. If you neglect […]

By Dhyan Summers, MA, LMFT, GoodTherapy.org Topic Expert Contributor Because it’s mostly silent and invisible, childhood emotional neglect is largely an overlooked phenomenon in psychology. Unlike physical neglect or abuse, where there are signs such as bruises or children coming to school underfed, emotional neglect is difficult to identify as there are frequently no observable signs. More importantly, emotional neglect is generally

 By Stephen L. Salter, PsyD, Values Clarification Topic Expert Contributor “Take a look at the bright side,” we tell our loved ones when they’re feeling down. “See the cup half full, not half empty.” We help lift our friends by saying, “Cheer up! Don’t dwell in the negative. Be grateful. Think about all that you have.” If it

“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” — Yogi Bhajan Can you remember a time when you felt completely helpless? I do. It was the day my daughter was diagnosed with a serious digestive illness. The doctor told us in the hospital chapel, and he acted like it was a death

Lindsay Holmes, Healthy Living Editor, The Huffington Post ATSUSHI YAMADA VIA GETTY IMAGES This goes out to anyone who is too hard on themselves. Being a human being is a difficult job. You’re going to make mistakes along the way. However, that doesn’t mean you should constantly berate yourself rather than praise yourself.  Below are

By Shana Lebowitz                  Scott Barbour/ Getty Images Whether it’s biting your nails or spending hours on Facebook when you should be working, you probably have a bad habit you just can’t seem to break. No matter that you’re embarrassed to shake people’s hands or that you can’t concentrate

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS                        ILLUSTRATION BY ANNA PARINI The benefits of mindfulness meditation, increasingly popular in recent years, are supposed to be many: reduced stress and risk for various diseases, improved well-being, a rewired brain. But the experimental bases to support these claims have been few. Supporters

By TINA ROSENBERG                    JOHN MINCHILLO / ASSOCIATED PRESS First of two parts Getting sober is hard. Making sobriety last is much harder. Most people who go into a residential rehab treatment manage to detox and stay that way during their weeks- or months-long stay. But problems begin when

By Cindy Ricardo, LMHC, CIRT, Mindfulness-Based Approaches Topic Expert Contributor How do you react when you’re in pain? Do you resist it, ignore it, or push it away? Do you get consumed by it? Would you like to learn a more healing and compassionate way to respond? To be alive means we feel happiness, joy, sorrow, and

By Lisa Nosal, MFT “I’ve been fine for years. Now I have nightmares every night and can barely function at work. What’s going on?” “I thought I was over it. I even went to therapy as a kid! Why is it all coming back again?” “I feel like I’m falling apart, but the abuse was