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Emotional Intelligence
Codependency and Enablers: Understanding and Changing the Relationship Dynamics
To understand codependency, you want to recognize the signs of this unhealthy dynamic in relationships. Codependent relationships can occur in the context of a romantic relationship, but these dynamics can also be present in family relationships or friendships as well.
Hey Jealousy: Why we get jealous and what to do about it
Everyone experiences jealousy sometimes, but it’s important to keep it in check to make sure that jealousy doesn’t cause you undue distress or problems in your relationships.Combatting jealousy involves turning your focus back onto yourself so that you can stop wasting emotional energy on irrational jealousy.
How to Build Emotional Resilience
Emotional resilience has to do with how well you cope with difficult emotions when they arise and how well you handle emotional challenges such as grief, anger, frustration, failure, or other problems. Strong emotional resilience can help you cope with challenging situations without becoming overwhelmed or wanting to give up.
Relationships
Codependency and Enablers: Understanding and Changing the Relationship Dynamics
To understand codependency, you want to recognize the signs of this unhealthy dynamic in relationships. Codependent relationships can occur in the context of a romantic relationship, but these dynamics can also be present in family relationships or friendships as well.
How to Identify Toxic Relationships
Toxic relationships tend to drain your energy, because the patterns of behavior from a toxic person can be confusing, hypocritical, and exhausting. You may not recognize how toxic the relationship has become until you take some time to really think about the patterns that have been established.
Relationship Series: Sexual Compatibility and Your Partnership
Sex can and should be a fun and integral part of your relationship or marriage. It’s also one of the main reasons people break up and it’s a big source of conflict for some couples.
Holistic Mental Health
Codependency and Enablers: Understanding and Changing the Relationship Dynamics
To understand codependency, you want to recognize the signs of this unhealthy dynamic in relationships. Codependent relationships can occur in the context of a romantic relationship, but these dynamics can also be present in family relationships or friendships as well.
Hey Jealousy: Why we get jealous and what to do about it
Everyone experiences jealousy sometimes, but it’s important to keep it in check to make sure that jealousy doesn’t cause you undue distress or problems in your relationships.Combatting jealousy involves turning your focus back onto yourself so that you can stop wasting emotional energy on irrational jealousy.
5 Things to Ditch When You’re Feeling Depressed
When you are in a depressive state, it can be a challenge to get out of, even when you’re tired of feeling bad all the time. Cutting some things out instead of adding more to your to-do list can be one strategy to combat depression and start to feel better, so that you actually have the energy to take care of yourself. Here are some things that you can safely ditch when you’re feeling depressed so that you have more time and energy to focus on yourself and get to feeling better:
Trauma Recovery
The Psycho-Somatic Trauma Response: Understanding the Mind-Body Connection to Trauma
When a person experienced a trauma, such as life-threatening events, abusive relationships, sexual assault, or witnessing violence, they often experience physical responses and ailments that may last years after the traumatic experience is over. These kinds of responses in the body are known as psycho-somatic symptoms, and they are part of the mind-body connection to trauma.
What to Expect from Trauma Recovery Therapy
There are several things to keep in mind when you are considering counseling for trauma recovery. Having the right expectations can help you get the most out of your counseling experience and hopefully make it a healing and therapeutic process.
4 Ways That Trauma Affects Memory
Trauma can affect your memory in significant ways that impact trauma recovery. There are 4 different kinds of memory, each associated with different parts of your brain, and each affected slightly differently after trauma.
