The holiday blues
The holidays are often filled with grief, comparison, magnified anxiety, financial concerns, and familial dysfunction.
Daylight Savings Fatigue: How to manage less sunlight
Daylight Savings Fatigue can impact our sleep patterns and overall well-being. Here are a few ways to help transition to shorter daylight hours.
HuffPost: Are You In A ‘Permacrisis’? Here’s How To Tell.
Our brains were designed to notice any sign of danger, whether that be physical, emotional or social. And our reaction is where the common term “fight or flight” (which also includes “fawn” and “freeze”) comes in. The continuation of that response can lead to a permacrisis.
Woman’s World: Can a Weighted Blanket Ease Your Anxiety and Depression?
Much like a tight hug from a loved one, the light pressure of the blanket creates a sense of safety and calm.
Parenting Teens: Cracking the Code of Adolescence with Courtney Strull
Listen to Laurie interview Courtney Strull, LPC for real talk on the developmental tasks of adolescence, when parenting feels ineffective and the value of offering choices.
Anxiety or Something More? Demystifying Diagnosis
Clients often come to me with questions about their diagnosis. They want to understand whether they are feeling nervous about an upcoming life change or meeting criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. They worry that they aren’t just a little sadder than usual but dealing with Major Depressive Disorder.
Adjusting To A New Normal
On Episode 21 of the Topic: North Texas podcast, I sat down with team members, Ashley Mergele and Patrick Brophey of the North Texas Commission to discuss how mental health has been compromised following the COVID-19 outbreak.
Connecting While Distancing: It Starts At Home
As we embrace this new reality of staying physically distant from others, I am going to offer some sound advice over the coming weeks to help you curb the adverse side effects. And who knows – with practice, you could even utilize this unprecedented time to forge deeper, more meaningful connections than ever before.