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By Luara Tong “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” ~Buddha Anger is merciless. It leaves you feeling torn up inside. Your head pounds. Your jaw locks. And your muscles scream. Every inch reels in pain with the electric shock that shoots through you. You can’t eat, […]

By Grace Malonai, PH.D, LPCC, PARENTING  Topic Expert Contributor ANXIETY is a surprisingly common problem in children. If your child has sensory processing issues or sensory hypersensitivity, you may have already witnessed how these can bring about or intensify anxiety. These sensory issues aren’t always limited to one type of sensory input. Hypersensitivity can be found in any

Powerful research-based approaches to stop racing thoughts and move forward. Anxious thoughts can overwhelm you, making it difficult to make decisions and take action to deal with whatever issue bothers you. Anxietycan also lead to overthinking, which makes you more anxious, which leads to moreoverthinking, and so on. How can you get out of this vicious cycle? Repressing

Life. Running here and there. Pre-occupied with this and that. Swept away by one thought or another. We barely have time enough to notice time passing, never mind the preposterous proposition, dare I say, to notice not just our thoughts, but the space around them: a momentary peripheral reverberation, an infinitesimal synaptic break between cognitions,

If asked to explain the value of mindfulness, you may want to consider the following question, can you sit for one minute and completely quiet your mind?  Can you do this without feeling like you’re coming out of your skin?  When Dr. Donna Rockwell first became interested in mindfulness, she discovered that this exercise proved quite a

By Amy Willams We all know that children who are beaten and abused by adults are more likely to develop problems of their own at some point in time in time –– but did you know that bullying by peers is five times more likely to result in anxiety and twice as likely to result in

By Erin Moline, MA, LPC, Life Purpose Topic Expert Contributor To me, “vulnerable” is wonderful word. It means openness, freedom, and the opportunity to love and be loved. But for others, it is what they are trying to get away from: They feel that they are too vulnerable. In actuality, the opposite is true. They feel

By Andrea M. Risi, LPC, Health / Illness / Medical isssues  Topic Expert Contributor True or false: If you’re coping with a chronic illness, exercise can be one way to manage your physical and emotional symptoms. If you said true, you are correct! In the past, doctors suggested rest and relaxation for those coping with chronic illnesses

By Tracu Stein, PhD.MPH, Complementary and Alterantive Medicine Topic Expert Contributor Gratitude is associated with a number of mental health benefits. There appears to be variability with regard to how often one feels grateful, but experiencing gratitude can be profoundly, deeply healing. When we are grateful, we leave little room for resentment, anger, self-righteousness, or envy; these

By SarahNoel, MS, LMHC, Person Center/Rogerian Psychotherapy Topic Expert Contributor “Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, well, he eats you.” —The Stranger in The Big Lebowski “Mama said there’d be days like this.” —The Shirelles “Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.” —Carl Sandburg “Life