Linda Graham, MFT reflects on the book, The Upside of Your Dark Side by Todd Kashan, Phd, offering a corrective to the last 20 years of the positive psychology movement which itself was meant to be a corrective to...
Category - Emotional Health
Linda Graham, MFT
This Therapist’s Life: Out of the Office with Lisa Brookes Kift
I am a therapist and this is the first in my series about others like me. My name is Lisa Brookes Kift and I was one of the first therapists online, part of an earlier group who began to challenge long held beliefs...
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Are You Hard on Yourself?
Rick Hanson, PhD and author of Hardwiring Happiness, looks at the benefit of practicing forgiveness if you have a tendency to be your own worst critic. He shares his thoughts about how to allow your “inner...
Rick Hanson, PhD
My Favorite Tools to Change Your Brain
Research has shown up that because of the neuroplasticity of your brain, you have the potential to change your life by promoting happiness, trauma relief, resilience and overall peace of mind. You no longer have to be...
Key Insights | Just Breathe : Kids Talk About Difficult Emotions and Using the Breath to Relieve Stress
Much is known about the power of the breath to reduce stress. Slow, deep breathing triggers the relaxation response that changes the physical and emotional responses to stress. It decreases your heart rate, blood...
If I Was Your Therapist
If I was your therapist I’d want you to know… You’re not broken…It’s your experiences that have led to faulty beliefs that might be telling you that. I care about what happens to...
Key Insights | The Importance of Sleep for Emotional Health, Brain and Body
Linda Graham, MFT examines ways that adequate sleep serves your emotional and physical health; the brain, nervous system, heart, mood and stress levels. She offers ways to set up the conditions for replenishing sleep...
Shame: You Are Only As Sick As Your Secrets
Jennifer Lehr, MFT digs deep into her personal battle with shame and secret keeping. As a therapist, she chooses to reveal so much of herself with the hope that others will benefit. Unmasking shame is a very...
Jennifer Lehr, MFT
2014: “The Toolbox” Best of Emotional and Relationship Health
2014 was a big year for LoveAndLifeToolbox.com after it’s redesign and relaunch at the end of 2013. The positive feedback is much appreciated and I look forward to continuing to provide quality content and...
Trauma: A Broken Alarm System
Trauma is often misunderstood. If you or someone you know has experienced trauma, it’s important to understand that it’s not just something that “happened.” People who are traumatized can’t just “get...
