4 Ways to Manage the Dysfunctional Thoughts that Drive Your Eating Disorder
No matter which eating disorder (ED) you’re facing, you are likely spending a lot of time “in your head.” That is, you probably spend a lot of time battling disquieting, intrusive thoughts and ideas about food, eating, your body shape, and your weight. What thoughts...
6 Common Relationship Mistakes and How You Can Avoid Them
Whether you are in a new relationship or have been with the same person for a long time, there is always more to learn when it comes to avoiding common pitfalls. Perhaps you’ve noticed that you and your partner argue about the same things over and over again. Or,...
Bullied, Shamed, Shunned? How to Recover from a History of Humiliation
Plenty of us have faced unimaginable bullies, swallowed the jagged pills of shame, and frozen on the inside from the coldest of cold shoulders. And 10 times out of 10, it’s absolutely no fun. It’s humiliating, really. In fact, out of all the feelings that work to...
Don’t Let Anxiety Ruin Your Vacation: 6 Ways to Relax
Let’s be honest. If you suffer from persistent anxiety, traveling far from home (no matter how luxurious the destination) does not feel great. There are uncertain weather patterns, uncomfortable interactions with strangers, disturbed sleeping and eating routines, and...
Your Relationship Has Ended: 3 Essential Survival Tips
Breaking up is hard to do, no matter how long you may have been in a relationship. Some couples are able to end things on good terms while other relationships end on a rocky note. Regardless of how your relationship ended, being able to survive and move on is the most...
5 Important Ways EMDR Can Ease Post-Divorce Interaction
Interacting with your ex post-divorce can often include tension, anxiety, and even anger. Each time you have to talk or see each other might be so incredibly taxing on your emotions that it drains you. And this kind of emotional exhaustion is simply no way to exist....
Need a Drink to Relax? Why Alcohol and Anxiety Don’t Mix
When you deal with anxiety, unwinding at the end of the day can seem like climbing a mountain backward. In short, it can be very difficult. Plus, if you’re like many people in the throes of an anxiety battle, you may have a habit of ignoring symptoms until the day is...
A Healthy Body Image: What it Is & How You Can Have One
When it comes to ourselves, we’re often our worst critics. Noticing this “flaw” or that “imperfection,” we can easily convince ourselves that we’re just not up to par. With these types of thoughts whirling around in our minds, body image often takes a nosedive. Add...
Is Personal Privacy Compromising Trust in Your Relationship?
Healthy boundaries are a well-known staple in any successful relationship, romantic or otherwise. Yet, when love and romance shift into an undefined emotional space, boundaries can become blurred. They can even become an issue. We all have the right to our personal...
When Being Assertive Makes You Anxious: Tips to Help
Despite assertiveness being foundational to healthy boundary setting, it doesn’t always come naturally. In fact, many people need to practice the skill for it to be impactful in their lives. When you struggle with anxiety, however, being assertive can create...
How EMDR Can Help You Deal with Your Food and Body Issues
We each have a unique relationship with food. From healthy meals to sweet snacks, food can influence many elements in life. In fact, it’s not uncommon to associate either positive or negative emotions with food or mealtime, in general. Unfortunately, when negative...
Why It’s Important Not to Suppress Your Trauma
When you’ve experienced trauma in your life, it only makes sense that you’d want to forget the situation (or situations) altogether. In attempts to erase the memories from your mind, you might suppress the experience, brushing all traces of it under a proverbial rug...
Too Stressed to Feel Blessed? How to Practice Gratitude in Tough Times
It’s easy to feel grateful when things are going your way. But what happens when times get tough? Unfortunately, it’s harder to be thankful for the things we do have when it feels like life is crumbling all around us. Being more grateful and appreciative when life...
How to Avoid These Key Career Mistakes People with Anxiety Make
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions in America today. Impacting both genders and any age, it has the potential to damage relationships and even careers. Yet, having anxiety is certainly no indictment to either your personal or professional life....
How You Can Learn to Manage Your Traumatic Memories
Memories have a way of replaying like a movie inside our heads. Yet, it’s not uncommon for the “movie” to be more like a horror or drama film with far too many twists and turns. These memories can often cause you pain, keep you up at night, or send your emotions...
When It Feels Like Food Can Fix Your Problems, Do These Things First
It’s no secret that comfort food comes by its name honestly. It feels soothing to eat it when we’ve had a rough day. We can all succumb to emotional eating at times. Certain foods we love from childhood or happier times in our lives often helps us decompress or...
Coping with Conflict: The Most Common Arguments Among Couples
In each new life chapter, there are things to argue about. Some of these things are even worth arguing about. Yet, none of them need to create a great divide in a marriage, possibly ending it for good. So many times, however, these common arguments tear partners apart...
Spring into Action: How Walking & Moderate Exercise Ease Anxiety
Anxiety can feel like an overwhelming force—an ocean wave that rolls you over and over underneath the water. Unsurprisingly, many people feel helpless or as if nothing will help ease their anxiety. Yet walking and moderate exercise have proven to help alleviate the...
Why It’s Best to Treat Your Eating Disorder and PTSD Together
When two disorders impact your mental health at the same time, they’re called co-occurring conditions. With that said, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eating disorders are well known for afflicting people simultaneously. In fact, most people who struggle...
Intergenerational Trauma: What it Is & How to Know if You’re Affected
Although the emotional aftermath of trauma is unique to each person, similar symptoms do exist from one person to the next. In fact, it’s even possible to transfer trauma symptoms to the next generation. This phenomenon is a lot like passing the baton in a relay race....
