How to Be Assertive (and Never Be Passive-Aggressive Again)

How to Be Assertive (and Never Be Passive-Aggressive Again)

All too often, people mistake the term “assertive” with the term “aggressive”. In truth, these two behavioral styles could not be more different. Passive aggressiveness is a completely different behavior again. It’s important to understand your own behavioral style....
How to Recognize Depression in Children, Teens and Adults

How to Recognize Depression in Children, Teens and Adults

Though it is a difficult subject to talk about, understanding and recognizing the symptoms of depression and suicidal thinking is incredibly important. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Grief Beyond Death: How to Navigate Loss

Grief Beyond Death: How to Navigate Loss

Most people will experience grief during their life in one way or another. When you lose a friend, partner, parent, spouse, family member or anyone else who held great significance in your life it is devastating. It’s important to have some healthy coping mechanisms...
7 Signs Someone is Being Passive Aggressive

7 Signs Someone is Being Passive Aggressive

Passive aggressiveness is something that our culture has overly normalized for a while now. While aggression is a normal human emotion, passive aggressiveness is not. Today, we’re diving into the 7 different passive aggressive behaviors. Aggression is one of those...
4 Ways to Handle an Explosive Spouse

4 Ways to Handle an Explosive Spouse

Anger is a totally normal human emotion. It can and should be expressed in healthy manners to help resolve conflict between two (or more) people. Some people experience anger in a way that creates an intense buildup in the body. Then they show their discontent at a...
What Did the Pandemic Do to Our Mental Health

What Did the Pandemic Do to Our Mental Health

It’s no secret that the pandemic has created one of the world’s largest modern health crises. But with the physical symptoms of covid being so prevalent, the mental implications have been left on the sidelines. This pandemic will affect us all in one way or...