Vacations help to alleviate stress. When someone is under chronic stress, it begins to take a toll his or her physical and mental health. Taking a vacation has the ability to break the cycle of chronic stress.
What Can Cause Depression?
Depression is often a complex compilation of various factors. Although, some cases of clinical depression are said to be caused by a chemical imbalance, the following are several factors that can contribute to depression. You may be able to do something about many of these things on your own to assist your recovery from depression.
Know Your Empathy Limits
Empathy is an essential component in communicating with others in a healthier and kinder way. It’s the ability to feel what another person is feeling from their perspective or “putting yourself in someone else’s shoes” as some would say it.
Can Pets Help to Improve Mental Health?
Pets can be a very important source of social and emotional support. Pets have been shown to improve symptoms of mental health diagnoses ranging from depression to PTSD.
Learning How to Love Your Body
Taryn decided to learn to love her body mainly because she wanted to be able to pass down a healthy body image to her daughters. Studies have shown that if a mother has an unhealthy body image or disordered eating, this is very likely to affect her daughter.
Disenfranchised Grief: When those who care about you don’t understand what you have been through
The keys to dealing with disenfranchised grief is to first acknowledge the significance of the loss in your life and to create a support system that honors that significance. This support system may be friends or family, but sometimes it may require you going outside that circle for the backing you need.
How to Build a Structured Summer for Your Teen
It can be hard to maintain the structure and daily routine for your teen over the summer. This blog offers tips to parents on how to maintain structure for their teen over the summer months.
Talking with Your Teen About Porn: Is Today’s Pornography Harmless? Part 2 of 4
Advanced brain imaging scans now show us that viewing pornography creates a neurochemical high in the brain that compares closest to the high of using Heroin. The pleasure centers of the brain are impacted, neurochemicals are firing (ie., norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, testosterone, endogenous opiates), and connections are made that reinforce the desire to repeat the behavior.
How to Support Your Teen in Grief and Loss
Grief and loss make anyone feel helpless. For parents, watching their child grieve can be one of the most painful experiences. A few thoughts are offered on how to best support your teen when they experience grief and loss.
The Growing Parent: Too Busy to Be a Parent
“Why is there always so much chaos in my home? It’s always a battle to get my kids to do anything, and I’m constantly frustrated with them…”