Our kids are not even close to being okay. I’m astonished at how many patients I’m currently treating that have been directly or indirectly impacted by suicide or Fentanyl poisoning. Recently, a patient’s high school senior experimented with an opioid and never woke...
We form positive and negative habits throughout our lives. And once a habit is formed, it’s hard to break free of it. It’s as if our brain stops fully participating in decision making and relies on our automatic routines. Our brains form neural pathways that get...
Who Knew Love Could Hurt This Much? It seems so unnatural to end a relationship with someone we feel love toward. We are taught that love should withstand the test of time, until death do us part, and that if you love someone, it is expected that we should make it...
Six ways to attach with kindness and connection. Attachment theory explains how the parent-child relationship emerges and influences subsequent development in relationships. John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth suggested that early attachment experience creates life-long...
Parenting your children with relational attunement and conscientiousness. There is certainly no instruction booklet on how to help our children foster positive relationships. The way we first learn to socialize is through modeling our parent’s behavior, by process of...
Gain emotional intelligence by being in the “yuck.” Defining Your "Yuck" We all have a stuck “yuck” part. “Yuck” is the average human feeling/emotion or emotional state that holds substantial meaning to us individually and where we have not been able to effectively...
Shift your mindset and empower yourself for lifelong change. The Benefits of Exercise The benefits of exercise are vast. Studies show that it is very effective at reducing fatigue, improving alertness and concentration, and at enhancing overall cognitive function....
What parents need to know about the effects of COVID and cannabis on teens. Research suggests that teens are self-medicating with drugs and alcohol during the pandemic and are at risk for developing substance use problems. Cannabis use can be particularly harmful...
Knowing Why Is the Start to Making the Lifelong Changes You Truly Want. Knowing why we overeat can direct us to ultimately change our overeating behavior. Overeating is habitual and behavioral which is known to be directly impacted by our thoughts and feelings....
Choose to be a warrior during the holidays and always.
12 Reasons to Have Gratitude for Your Dysfunctional Family
