Tag: mental health

Two years ago, my younger child (almost nine years old at the time) came out to me as nonbinary. That wasn’t the first time...

We've all been there—those little moments of frustration that start to escalate into something bigger and bigger. Maybe you woke up in a bad...

The importance of stress management is common information, but did you know stress impacts your overall health and longevity? Stress is a substantial risk...

Chronic conditions and chronic pain add an extra challenge to every task, relationship, and aspect of life, and parenting is no exception. I’ve always been...

If you've read some of my past posts, you'll see that I often like to find special days of the month to write about...

Hello old friend… Cue in the anxious mom. The term anxiety is growing more popular, and even trends on our Twitter, Instagram, and news feeds...

Even though I’ve been a practicing psychotherapist for nearly 17 years (11 of those spent exclusively with children and families), I am still subject...

Parenting is stressful. Being anxious is normal. But what happens when it’s something more? Shortly after my first child was born, I became convinced that...

We all get that feeling of losing control, sometimes multiple times per day. Whether at home, work, in the grocery store, or anywhere else,...

You can feel it. Building up. Somewhere deep inside. It starts with your room looking like a hurricane went off. Laundry everywhere. You keep telling yourself you'll get to...