by Taylor Bennett | Apr 3, 2020 | Counseling News, Loneliness, Mental Health
Due to COVID-19 and the lifestyle changes we have been forced to make, many of us are struggling with anxiety, stress, feelings of loneliness, and other difficult emotions. Fortunately, self-care activities such as mindfulness can help us to work through these...
by Dan Tamasulo | Oct 7, 2019 | Counseling News, Mindfulness
Numerous methods of therapy and spiritual practice discuss mindfulness. Dispositional mindfulness (also recognized as trait mindfulness) is a category of consciousness that has lately, been given more serious research attention. It is defined as a keen awareness and...
by Daniel Wittler | Aug 20, 2019 | Addiction, Counseling News, Drugs and Mental Health
I have been sober for over four years. I am in amazement as I type that, but I also reflect on the terribly long and hard road it took me to get to where I am today. I used to be known as a “chronic relapser.” In other words, I was constantly on and off the wagon. It...
by Alannah Miller | Jul 17, 2019 | Counseling News, Fads in Mental Health, Technology
The average person spends around four hours each day on their phone; you can better spend this time looking into helpful apps for improving wellbeing. You can start with an app like Booster Buddy, which helps you stay mindful of your mood and track it over time....
by Timothy Roy | Jul 3, 2019 | Counseling News, Meditation
Compassion is sharing someone’s pain without sharing their suffering, according to meditation teacher and researcher Shinzen Young. While this sounds kind of contradictory, there’s a point to Young’s logic. One of the core skills of meditation involves...
