The Mental Health Blog
Puppy Love
While vacationing in Florida several years ago, my husband and I were awakened from a sound sleep to the sound of a fire alarm and pounding on the door. The night manager told us to get dressed and exit the building immediately. My heart was pounding as we ran down...
Breaking Up During the COVID Pandemic
Breaking up sucks no matter if you’re the one leaving or the one being left. Either way, you have to adjust to a new reality. The person who was once your closest ally is no longer in your life. The time you spent with them is now a giant void you don’t know how to...
Teaching Emotional Regulation and Awareness to Kids
Have you ever played with a ball in the water? What about holding that ball underwater; what happens the second you let go? POP! It splashes and hits you in the face. Emotions can be quite similar. When people tend to hold them in and leave them unprocessed, these...
Emotions, Feelings, and Why They Matter
All of our emotions and feelings serve important functions for our mental health and overall wellbeing. Yes, all of our emotions. Yet, sociocultural influences bombard us with overt and covert messages that only some of our feelings are okay to have and...
It’s Not about the Food: How to Support a Loved One with an Eating Disorder
It takes a lot of courage, honesty, and hard work for people to confront their eating disorders and engage in the process of recovery. For many, it can be years before more healthy behaviors with food and exercise are realized on a routine bases, and relapse is a common part of the process.
The Neurofeedback Journey (Intro)
Sometimes we get clients who are stuck in some way on their journey. These clients are experiencing intrusive thoughts, thought loops, lack of motivation, mood disorders and we have parents of kids of have ADHD or major mood issues that see us as well.
Stress Awareness
Click to Read Article by Channel 5 News on Stress Awareness
The Accidental Spy
Often, I have watched as a client pours their heart and soul out to a perceived ally, only to hear that such confidence was ill-placed. Family friends, mutual acquaintances, well-meaning in-laws can, at times, become accidental spies.
Getting Real about New Motherhood: A Time of Momentous Joy Can Also be Fraught with Confusion, Pain, and Heartache
No matter how excited and elated a new mom might be to finally meet her tiny newborn, the days, weeks, and oftentimes months following childbirth can also be spent coping with roller-coaster hormones, scant sleep, and limited time for self-care.
The Hidden Psychology Behind the Appeal of Social Media
We tend to underestimate the importance of our identity and worth. It seems to be a universal human experience this idea that we do not know why we are here nor how important and vital our individual existence actually is. This mystery; who am I and what is my worth may have more influence on our daily life than we realize.




