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Mental Health and Wellness Blog

Find helpful advice and support for your mental and emotional health. Our goal is to entertain, inform and educate you about various mental health issues, while fighting stigma and bringing awareness to real issues.

The Human Brain and it's interactions with Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety and Depression alter our brain function by overactivating the amygdala, shrinking the hippocampus, and reducing prefrontal cortex activity. These changes impair our abil...

Happily Ever After??

Ever wonder why your partner always seems to disappoint you? It could be the idea of "Happily Ever After". Is this expectation realistic, or not? Read along to dive de...

Understanding Betrayal Trauma

Betrayal trauma is a profound emotional injury that occurs when someone we rely on for security, love, or connection violates our trust. And when that trust is shattered it trig...

Finding Safety First: Why Betrayed Partners Must Start Here

The pain of betrayal doesn't just wound the heart - it destabilizes your entire sense of reality. This blog gives direction on how to find safety and recovery.

Back to the Basics

Expectations, Disappointment, and Core Values. Learn how they relate.

Pleasant Dreams

A dream is your mind’s way of trying to communicate with you in your resting state. Therapists can use dreams to better understand the client’s waking world.

Defining "Emotional Safety"

As a therapist, it’s common to hear people say that they don’t feel “emotionally safe.”  But what does being “emotionally safe” actually...

What Is Empathy and Are We ALL Capable of Expressing It?

Some individuals don’t believe empathy to be something that anyone can express unless they have truly been through the same situation as another individual. Is that true?

Why Can't I Ever Stick to My Goals??

What's interesting about “New Year's resolutions” is that most individuals do not end up following through with them.  How can you do better?

New Year. New You.

This new year, remember that life isn’t always about succeeding. It can also be about rising from the failures we experience.