Balancing News and Mental Health: Staying Informed Without the Overwhelm When was the last time you checked the news and felt your shoulders tense up? If you’re like many people, consuming news can feel like an emotional rollercoaster. Let’s talk about how to stay connected to what’s happening in the world while protecting your peace […]
Is it OK to Go Back to Your Old Therapist? Making the choice to return to therapy is a significant step in taking care of your mental health. When you’re considering this option, you might wonder whether to reconnect with a previous therapist or start fresh with someone new. Let’s explore the key aspects that […]
NY PAUSE to NY PAUSE LIGHT On March 21, 2020 NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed the people of his state on the COVID-19 pandemic. While emphasizing the inherent strength and courage of New Yorkers, he described in clear, stark terms the virulence of COVID-19, the harsh probabilities of its impact on us, and the guidelines […]
Coronavirus Quarantine Anxiety & Your Mental Health Navigating COVID-19 Quarantine – Stress, Anxiety & You Social Upheaval In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Within two months it made the assessment that it could be characterized as a pandemic. Has the […]
Food For Thought While our global challenges are unique in so many ways, it is interesting to note what we have in common with others who have struggled with their own major challenges. In the quiet moments of your life a gentle read of the following poem might provide some helpful food for thought. Poem […]
Living in The Twilight Zone? How many times in the last few weeks have you awakened struggling to figure out what day it is or what you’re supposed to be doing? How often have you languished in bed, bolted out of it to get to work, only then to realize that you’re not going […]
A New Year With New Beginnings Another year has come to a close. We are fast approaching the end of the second decade of the new millennium. Our fears regarding Y2K have paled against the concerns that we now face as individuals and as a nation. We have witnessed behaviors and rhetoric in our country […]
‘Tis The Season….Yet You Can’t Get Out Of Bed! Do you find yourself disassociating from your own feelings? Are you having a “not me” kind of experience, even though you know that it is you? Are you asking yourself self-defeating questions, which bring you to negative places? Are you feeling confused for not experiencing the […]
The Importance Of Being Imperfect Many years ago I overhead a snippet of a conversation between a grandmother and her college-age granddaughter. This diminutive woman offered her words of wisdom which loosely paraphrased are as follows: “You know, Haley, none of us are perfect. The only ones who are perfect happen to be in heaven […]
New Patterns, New Opportunities, New Beginnings Did you know that we have most of the information needed to solve the problems of the world? What we are lacking is the level of emotional maturity necessary to identify and to implement the best solutions to these problems. Rather than implement what is best in a given […]