Our emotional state plays a big part in the human experience. When life is good and things are going well, we often feel invincible. Then the pendulum swings the other way. Something happens – perhaps there’s a loss of some sort – and everything feels flat. Those...
While it’s important that kids get a chance to decompress over the summer months, it’s crucial they don’t spend the entire time behind a screen. Yet, since most parents don’t get summer vacations along with their kids, it can become a challenge to ensure they remain...
A paralyzing anxiety attack can almost completely shut you down. When Fight-or-Flight’s brother, Freeze, hits you with his Supervillain-like freeze ray – unless you have a high frequency ice pick handy – you’re stuck! Okay, okay. Anxiety related “freezing” might not...
How do I Manage Anxiety? Just like a plant grows vigorously and flourishes when its needs are met, humans thrive when they are cared for and cared about. Anxiety, though, is as damaging to a person as the lack of sunshine is to a plant, causing it to shrivel up and...
You may be surprised to know that most communication is non-verbal, and when it is verbal, often, it’s indirect: Most of us aren’t great at asking for what we want. This is why understanding a bid for connection is so, so, important. A bid for what, exactly? You may...
