Mental Health Topics

Imagine you just reached an important life goal. What was it? Hiking the Appalachian Trail …paying off a loan…owning a car that starts on cold mornings? Now that you’ve achieved it, you can kick it and enjoy life. Right? Yes! Wait—no. Well…maybe. Life is confusing like that. You have things…

Sometimes it comes by way of a family member, sometimes a news story, sometimes, perhaps, a call from the police, or on the wind with a violent storm…and sometimes it comes from a doctor. It came to me in June 2016. The PSA was 4.9. The biopsy said it was…

My husband and I will have been married 24 years in July. We started dating (on and off) since we were 17. We have two wonderful teenagers and we own a new business together. Our lives are full of many wonderful things, but at this time they are also filled…

The flowers are in bloom, and the fields have turned from barren and beige to high-definition green. A mother duck can be seen leading her ducklings, who waddle like a wayward army, from biggest to smallest. A sense of well-being takes over the mind and body, and romance is in…

The neighbor next door just traded in his minivan for a cherry-red Corvette Convertible. A coworker, who used to wear a modest amount of jewelry or none at all, is now sporting a three-carat diamond ring. Your best friend made an appointment to get Botox injections, because she wants to…

You’ve watched your child as she slept in her crib peacefully, nursed her back to health when she had the sniffles, and held her tiny hand when you brought her to school for the first day of kindergarten. You watched your son play in every Little League baseball game, cleaned…

Mess + Magic: Real Talk on Surviving the First Six Months With Your Newborn Here’s an odd cultural quirk about pregnancy and parenthood in 21st Century America: while there’s a ton of focus on the stuff that swirls around having a baby (labor and delivery, decorating the nursery, how to…

Many assume therapy is just for anxiety, depression or grief. This can’t be further from the truth! Therapy and life coaching are helping countless individuals with a wide range of needs. Check out this list below and see for yourself! 1. Career Counseling What Is Career Counseling? A career coach…

Whenever I’m having a really bad day, all I want to do is slip on my neon Nike sneakers and dart out the door—to feel the gravel beneath my feet, the wind at my back, and sweat dripping down my brow. I plug my earphones into my iPhone, tap on…

A psychiatrist and the founder of logotherapy, Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) is an important figure in the history of psychotherapy and psychology. In a rare appearance from 1972, his TED talk on the importance of believing in others has garnered nearly a million views. This short, four minute lecture encourages us…

Have you ever been driving and realized 15 minutes later you do not know how you got to where you were going? (yes, unsafe I know) but it happens! And it happens because we aren’t being present in what we are doing. Our mind drifts off to a million places…

Communication is an important part of all relationships. To build a strong relationship you must learn how to communicate effectively with your partner. Sometimes that communication includes arguing. Let’s imagine a scenario. It’s been a long day and you’re finally home and seated on the couch with your partner, in…