As much as worry and fear can bring us to our knees sometimes, much of what people get challenged by is not about life changing, catastrophic events but rather the smaller things and the meaning that is made of them. ...
Category - Difficult Emotions
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Let’s Take Another Deep Breath
It doesn’t seem that long ago when I wrote a slew of articles to support the many under chronically high levels of stress, worry and preoccupation during the pandemic. A common thread connecting my audience...
OCD, Two Sisters and Their Quest to Encourage Others to Live Presently
Emily and Lindsay are two sisters living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety. Through their life experiences, therapy and a little inspiration, they turned their mental health challenges into a unique...
Resilience and the 6 C’s of Coping
Resilience is the ability to recover from adversity which can include illness, loss, financial instability, natural disasters and any other highly stressful events. With all we have been through globally in the last...
Ending the Flood of Negative Self-Talk
Self-blame, negative self-talk, endless pummelling by the inner critic and the relentless self-shaming that can hijack our minds and torture our hearts can effectively poison our trust in ourselves to cope and derail...
Linda Graham, MFT
I’m a Therapist and Omicron is Fraying Me Around the Edges
I would like to acknowledge aloud that I am tired. I feel like I’m in a rapid-fire Covid dodgeball game and the balls are coming fast, especially since school started again last week. The cycle of potential...
Have Compassion for Those with Covid Anxiety
I was struck by an opinion piece by CNN’s Chris Cillizza about his Covid anxiety and why it’s spiking now. He talked about how his personal battles with health anxiety and compulsive behavior predating this...
What Do You Do When the Bottom Falls Out?
Rick Hanson, PhD and author of Just One Thing and others, reflects upon how to deal with highly stressful and overwhelming times, as others before us have. The Practice: Take heart. Why? It takes heart to live in...
Rick Hanson, PhD
Pandemic Fatigue is Legit
“I feel like I’m getting grinded down. I’m starting to lose my resilience,” a friend said to me today when we stopped to chat 6 ft apart with masks, both on evening walks with our dogs. We...
Depression and Anxiety Can Be Intertwined
Many are undulating through waves of worry and sadness as we experience the effects of COVID-19. Our lives look very different from how they did 6 months ago. Dr. Richard Nicastro, PhD looks at the connection between...
Richard Nicastro, PhD