People that are suffering can sometimes lose sight of the meaning and purpose of life. At times, they begin to question the meaning of it all and the reasons why they would choose to continue to struggle. There is no … read more
Category: Optimizing Mental Health: Self-help, Exercise, Wellness, and Resilience
10 Coping Strategies for Distress Tolerance
Because distress is so uncomfortable people understandably want to make it go away as soon as possible. At the moment of intense emotions, it feels like it may never end. Extreme emotions distort thinking and sometimes people make choices that … read more
How are you at regulating emotions? Learn essential emotional regulation skills from children.
Kids can teach us many things if we let them: how to play and have fun, relax more, get dirty, avoid homework yet also persevere, be compassionate and open-minded, and how to improve our emotional regulation. Today we are blessed … read more
Pulling weeds and psychotherapy: What do self-exploration, self-discovery, and gardening have in common?
As winter dredges on I find myself beginning to think about spring and the joys of planting a garden. Spring is one of my favorite times of the year, where life grows out of everything that appears dead. Buds pop … read more
Too good to be true? An effective goal setting process you can sustain even when motivation is lagging. Learn how!
It’s hard to sustain effort over time. Sometimes it’s easier to get started than it is to keep going. This happens all the time with New Year’s Resolutions…if you belong to a gym you are well aware of the crowds … read more
Writing SMART Goals Makes Achieving Your Dreams Possible.
Without setting goals, we may never achieve what it is we dream. Dreams are an endpoint and don’t include the steps to take to get there. The goals we decide to work on take thought and planning to increase the … read more
Achieve Your Dreams! A Series on the Importance of Setting Goals
Goals are part of every aspect of life and achieving them comes down to priorities and proper planning. Without setting goals and objectives, life becomes a series of chaotic events that feel out of your control. This series will walk … read more
Feeling stuck in life? Instructions from a psychiatrist on how to live the life you love
If we are feeling stuck in life, or even uninspired, we have the opportunity to be creative and infuse passion back into our journey. You can create your future one step at a time to live the life you love. … read more
Want to Motivate Behavior Change in Others? Apply Motivational Interviewing Techniques to General Life
Motivation is the fuel needed for change. Without it, it is difficult to create the inertia to move past status quo. People often gravitate to what is known rather than the unknown and live in a state of being comfortably … read more
A Preschool Book Reveals the Secret to a Happy Life for Us All…Yup, It’s That Good
Well done, author Michael Hall. I am impressed. Red: A Crayon’s Story takes the complicated subject of living authentically and successfully sums it up in a story about a mislabeled crayon who discovers the secret to a happy life. In … read more