While having a four-legged (or gilled, scaled, or winged) friend can mean you need to upgrade your vacuum and carpet cleaner, it can also mean a wealth of mental and physical benefits that boyfriend pillows just can’t supply.
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You may want to try therapy but you’re not sure how it works.This article will give you a general idea of what to expect for your first session and how to get started (this is always the hardest part).
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Do you find yourself and your partner stuck in the same patterns? Do you feel frustrated that every single argument leads to a similar outcome? If the answer is yes, then you are stuck in an infinity loop.
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It’s March, and that means Easter and Passover are right around the corner! While “Chrismukkah” is a frequent talking point in interfaith families, Springtime is another occasion where holidays overlap.
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I went to ballet boarding school for four years, and then danced in a ballet company in Ukraine for one year, including several months touring France. Then, I retired.
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Relationships are more stable and satisfying when all parties are on the same page. Communication is always a key element of healthy relationships, but there are additional important factors.
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All human beings have emotional needs that we want satisfied. When they are not satisfied, we feel sad, depressed, lonely, hurt, disappointed, or even worthless. At times, we are sad and we are not even sure why.
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Learning how to navigate through a new divorce and/or separation can leave individuals with children to be fueled by many emotions. It can be especially seen as triggering or distressing when a high conflict co-parent is involved.
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Some people fear anger and try to avoid it at any cost. Anger is like any other feeling; no feeling is problematic. It is when we try to avoid the feeling or when we get hooked to it that we start experiencing negative consequences.
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With Valentine's Day around the corner, couples in LDRs may be feeling a bit less excited than other couples due to a lack of ideas on how to have a romantic date night. One of my first pieces of advice for those couples: start off by thinking about what you would want to do in person.
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Our social bonding is created through seeing the ways in which people respond to us in moments of pain and joy. If you comfort me when I hurt, you build my trust. You add to my emotional bank account. If you jump for joy with me when I have a win, I know you care about my success. That adds to my emotional bank account too.
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As a relationship therapist, I have met with many people who come to me because they are at a crossroad in their relationship. If you are here, you are not alone. Relationships have a natural lifespan. They come and go, depending on various internal and external factors.
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Our minds tend to automatically elevate thoughts that make us feel bad. Unless you’ve begun the process of building greater awareness, then it’s likely that your thoughts are on autopilot and therefore, not taking into account the full spectrum of possibilities.
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It is important to understand that this is our brain and body’s way of protecting us. Also, trauma impacts everyone differently and as such, our experiences will be unique.
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There’s an old therapy cliche that says, “meet yourself where you are”. And it’s a cliche because it works! Meeting yourself where you are means being accepting of your experiences as they are in the present moment and then making slow gentle movements from that place.
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When you leave your sport, it can feel like you’re leaving everything you know. The spark that sets transition in motion can comes with its own challenges – being cut from a team, suffering a career-ending injury, needing to fill other obligations in your family or community – but even when you meet transition with excitement, it can be difficult.
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If you enjoy having control over yourself, your life, and your world, you are not alone. We as humans tend to feel our most comfortable when things go as planned and we feel as if everything is just as it should be.
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As the holidays draw near, many parents are being asked to buy items that they are unsure of, such as video games and cell phones. It’s perfectly fine to feel uncertain and concerned about extending so much freedom to your child, especially when you feel pressured to follow the trend of others around you so your kids can fit in with their peers.
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