Book Review - Love Yourself: 100 Empowering Affirmations to Celebrate You by Laurasia Mattingly
How would you rate your ability to affirm yourself? It's a technique that is powerful for engendering feelings of self-love. Positive...
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Is Your High School Senior Emotionally-Prepared for College?
It's May and it's graduation time. A season that is normally chock-full of excitement and nervousness has been complicated by the layers...
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Dr. Thomas's Favorite Self-Help Books
I love books. All books. Poetry books. Medical books. Books on religion, marriage, and food. But when I was a 3rd-year psychiatry...
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3 Ways to Improve Your Self-Esteem in the Postpartum Period and Beyond
Have you recently had a baby and feel uncomfortable about your mothering skills, changing body, or how you measure up to other moms? If...
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Quick Mental Wellness Tip: The Listening Meditation
Does the idea of meditation intimidate you? If so, today's blogpost will help change that. Meditation is an ancient practice with...
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3 Important Topics to Discuss at Your Psychiatry Visits
If you are someone who has taken the plunge and started working with a psychiatrist, congratulations! Many people who face mental health...
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Understanding Frustration: 3 Lessons Your Obstacles Want to Teach You
How well do you manage your frustration? If you're like most people, dealing with this emotion is one of the more difficult aspects of...
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The Purposeful Selfie: How Video Diaries Can Promote Your Mental Health
Do you struggle with episodic sadness, frustration, fear or feelings of shame? Today's blogpost might provide you a very easy tip for...
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Are You Afraid of Getting a Mammogram?
Pink ribbons and walks. Balloons and survivor stories. Research funds, pamphlets, and rubber bracelets. In the hustle and bustle of...
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The Importance of Developing a Vocabulary of "Feeling Words"
Have you ever heard of a phenomenon called alexithymia? It literally means having "no speech for feelings" and basically consists of...
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Freeing Yourself from the Limits of Perfectionism: A Conversation with Ryane LeCesne
The collision between perfectionism and life purpose is often intense. This is because in order to embrace one, you must relinquish the...
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Take These 10 Steps to Tackle Negative Thinking
I’ve never once met a person that doesn’t want to "be happy." Not once. Have you? Probably not. How many people in your life say they...
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8 Things Your Teen Needs for Mental Wellness (Not One is Electronic)
A few days ago, a mom asked me how to help her teens navigate the current landscape of our world. It’s a fair question, becoming more...
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