Hacking Happy When people say, “choose happiness,” it sounds like an unrealistic task. You can’t just decide to be happy and then magically feel rainbows in your heart. However, there is science behind eliciting happy emotions in order to become a happ ...
Getting Out of the Quarantine Slump
Getting Out of the Quarantine Slump By: Silva Depanian, MA, AMFT, CAMC Have you noticed your energy flagging lately? How about feeling low motivation and poor mental health? Over the last few weeks in quarantine, I myself have had to make some mental ...
So You’re Stuck In Bed: Now What?
ArtCounselingDepression and suicide awarenessFatigue and Chronic PainLife styleSocial Anxiety and ShynessTherapyTravel
When you tell a healthy person that you’re sick and stuck in bed, the usual reactions range from, “I hope you feel better soon,” to, “that sounds like a nice break.” However, when you have a chronic illness, which may include chronic fatigue syndro ...
Self Care
What is self-care? It is well defined in an article by Raphailia Michael on Psych Central as “any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health..” The key word is DELIBERATELY!! Take a second to t ...
Resiliency
Anger ManagementCounselingDepression and suicide awarenessFatigue and Chronic PainSocial Anxiety and Shyness
Definition: The ability to bounce back after being affected by significant/ tragic life events. Basic Facts: Everyone has resilience, the difference is how well we put it to good use. Some have a good way of dealing with things compared with others ...
Self Regulation
According to Daniel Goleman, a well known psychologist and the author of the book emotional intelligence, there are 4 key components of social intelligence. self awareness , self Regulation, social skill and empathy. One of the main areas that co ...
Depression and Suicide Awareness
Depression and Suicide Awareness September was National Suicide Awareness Month, so I thought it would be important to touch on a very real condition that takes many lives every day. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, “more than 41,000 ...