Whether you plan to shower love on a sweetie, your friends, enjoy your children’s experience with Valentines Day or none of the above, how about adding a loving focus on YOU? Self-care is self-love. Self-care is...
Category - Emotional Health
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
What’s Weighing You Down? Lighten Up
Rick Hanson, PhD is an author and teacher about the inner skills of personal well being, psychological growth and relationships. He explores the important of lightenening your load and avoiding picking up unnecessary...
Rick Hanson, PhD
Slow Down for Resilience
Linda Graham, MFT and author of Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster, shares one exercise from her book for improved resilience and well being. On my way...
Linda Graham, MFT
When Things Feel Sideways
I’ve been feeling a little sideways lately; bewildered, frustrated and a wee bit crazy. What appears clear as my hand in front of me is reportedly something different to a group of people, unfortunately who have...
Too Afraid to Care
Richard Nicastro, PhD explores the impact of having an avoidant attachment style in relationships and why a deep emotional connection can feel so scary to some. For those who have an avoidant attachment style, caring...
Richard Nicastro, PhD
Emotional and Relationship Health During Community Crisis
In Northern California, we have had three years in a row of major fires during October not only causing massive destruction but impacting large areas surrounding the actual fires by unhealthy air quality as smoke...
Stop Feeling Unworthy
Feeling unworthy and undeserving is pervasive. It can touch every aspect of your life; your sense of self, your relationships and more. Here’s what Tara Brach, PhD and Buddhist meditation teacher says about...
Trauma: Why Can’t I Just Get Over This?
If you are asking yourself that question months or even years after a difficult event then it is time to take a closer look. Terrible things can and do happen to good people and can continue to lead to strong emotions...
Anna Baranowsky, PhD
Self-Compassion Trumps Self-Esteem
Linda Graham, MFT puts the spotlight on self-compassion and dissects the book by Dr. Kristin Neff, PhD with the same title. Self-compassion is strongly linked to resilience as well as a counter to depression and...
Why Stress and Anxiety are Sometimes Good
People generally think of stress and anxiety as negative concepts, but while both stress and anxiety can reach unhealthy levels, psychologists have long known that both are unavoidable — and that they often play a...
