Stress & Emotions

How to Breathe: A Simple Way to Lower Anxiety in 5 Easy Steps
July 8, 2016

Anxiety can come out of nowhere. One moment you feel fine and then you remember that one assignment, relationship, email you didn’t send and suddenly it’s there: fear. Your chest tightens. Your mind races towards worst case scenarios. You...

Body Image: Learning Love and Acceptance
July 7, 2016

The idea that every individual should be a certain size and weight greatly affects the way we look at ourselves in the mirror. The promotion of a tiny waistline leads to judgements, over exercising, feeling depressed and anxious, body...

5 Signs that You Need DBT
June 30, 2016

Sometimes life can feel like an uphill climb, in the rain, in knee deep mud. Maybe it feels like you can never catch a break and everywhere you turn, something more challenging occurs. Maybe you feel like your emotions...

The Final Stretch – 6 Skills to Cope with Finals
May 9, 2016

As the school year comes to an end, students start feeling the pressure. The last month of school is jam packed with standardized testing, end of year projects, AP tests, and final exams. Students can almost taste the sweet...

Tips to Managing Stress
March 7, 2016

Let’s face it- life can be so stressful and overwhelming at times. Whether it’s stress caused by work, relationships with family and friends, or our health, stress can come in all shapes and sizes. The situations that create stress...

The Struggle is Real: Unhealthy Communication
February 28, 2016

It may surprise you to know that only thirty-one percent of the problems that couples experience are conflicts that can be resolved. The other sixty-nine percent of the problems are irresolvable perpetual issues. Both marriages with high marital satisfaction...

Teach Your Kids to Swim
February 8, 2016

If your child is struggling with anxiety he is likely feeling panicked over projects, staying up late with homework, or lacking the motivation to even get out of bed to get to school. Of course, every parent knows that...

Why Family Traditions Matter
December 3, 2015

Let’s face it: the Christmas season can be both joyful and stressful. While it’s beautiful to see kids get excited about Christmas, to watch them excitedly open presents from Santa, and to have time together as a family, it...

Supporting a Child with a Mental Illness
November 18, 2015

So you took your son or daughter to see a counselor – now what do you do? As your role shifts from being a parent to parent of a child struggling with a mental illness there may be a...

Body Image and Vanity
November 18, 2015

Living life through the eyes of a woman is an amazing experience, but it is not always easy. Often It seems that everywhere we look we are sharply confronted with ideal images of what we should look like, how...