The holiday season can be a great time filled with love, laughter, fun events, and family togetherness. But, it can also be stressful and overwhelming. Setting boundaries with friends and family during the holiday season (and beyond) can help to keep your sanity and keep relationships in your life … [Read more...]
Six Ways to Help Your Depressed Teen
Being the parent of a teen who is depressed is hard. It is hard because you want to help them and “fix” all their problems. You want to make all their negative feelings disappear so they can be happy. It is natural to feel this way, after all, you are their parent. Unfortunately, it is not … [Read more...]
Tips for Managing Seasonal Depression
As the weather cools down and the sun shines less, seasonal depression often starts to rear its ugly head—leaving many feel down. It is estimated that as many as 10 million Americans struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) each year, while many more face the winter blues, according to … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Gratitude
It is November, the time of the year when we focus on shoveling mounds of turkey, stuffing, and pie into our mouths but it is about more than that— gratitude. In fact, finding things to be thankful for every day—not just in November—can do wonders for our mood and our overall health, science says … [Read more...]