How Healthy Boundaries Improve Mental Health
Healthy boundaries are essential for maintaining emotional well-being and fostering strong relationships. They help us define what we are responsible for, protect our energy, and create a balanced sense of self. When boundaries are clear and respected, they significantly enhance mental health.
Reflecting on the Year as a Couple: Guided Prompts for Meaningful Conversations
As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time for couples to pause and reflect on their journey together. This reflection can deepen your connection, highlight growth, and strengthen your bond in the coming year. We can see it in how the chief executive reports on a business's current condition and provides successes for the year, growth, and what they would like to implement for the upcoming year.
Meaningful Family Traditions to Start This December
December is a magical time to create cherished family traditions that build connection and joy. Traditions give families something to look forward to and strengthen bonds through shared experiences. Here are fun and easy ideas to inspire meaningful traditions you can start this holiday season.
Learning to Cope: How Dialectical Therapy Can Help
Life is filled with challenges—big and small—that can stir up complicated emotions and strain relationships. If you’ve struggled with anxiety, depression, or mood or personality disorders, these challenges can feel even more overwhelming. In these moments, our instinct may be to either fight the battles raging in our minds or, worse, to surrender to the weight of distressing emotions.
But what if there’s a different way to approach these tough emotions? It’s natural to want to fight off discomfort, avoid difficult situations, and seek comfort. But what if we could learn to accept these challenges and embrace the present moment for what it truly is?
Enter Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Boundaries With Kids: Building Character and Responsibility
Boundaries play a crucial role in parenting, especially during the early years. They help children develop essential traits such as character, values, responsibility, and autonomy. By introducing boundaries early, children learn to adapt, make healthier decisions, and gain a strong sense of self.
Boundaries in Marriage: What They Are and Why They Matter
Marriage is not easy. These responsibilities take time and effort to develop. Instead of tackling everything at once, focus on improving one area—just 1% at a time. Over time, those small steps can create significant change in your relationship.
Healthy boundaries are not about creating distance but fostering clarity, respect, and love. By defining what is “me” and what is “not me,” you allow yourself and your spouse to thrive as individuals and as partners.
Leveraging Your Strengths to Thrive with ADHD
October is ADHD awareness month. Often times when we think of ADHD we think of all the challenges that come with it and get discouraged. Our blog focuses on how to harness your strengths and super powers that come with ADHD. Read more to for key strategies for success.
Do You Take My Insurance?
The question we get the most is Do we take your insurance. In this blog we explain the reasons why we have chosen to stay out of network with insurance. Our main reason is that we want to serve you best.
Let the Sunshine In: How the Sun Lifts Our Mood
We’ve all heard about the dangers of too much direct sunlight, but the truth is that sunshine is
essential for our health. Let’s explore a few critical ways that spending time in the sun can
positively impact our mental health, particularly when managing depression. The benefits of the
sun occur even when it’s cloudy or raining.
How Catastrophic Thinking Relates to Anxiety
Catastrophic thinking, or catastrophizing, is when you imagine the worst possible outcome to a situation and then experience the level of anxiety as if it were true.
Illuminating Hope: Understanding and Supporting PTSD
June is PTSD Awareness Month, a time dedicated to spreading awareness, understanding, and support for those affected by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This condition is often associated with veterans because of what they saw and experienced while they served our country. But, It can affect anyone who has experienced a traumatic event or witnessed a traumatic event.
