By now, you have likely had time to consider taking the next step towards making your New Year’s resolution. Despite more than half of all resolutions failing within the first month, that does not mean yours will too! This article will help you set and keep your...
With the proliferation of social media platforms, concern about their impact on children’s safety, self-esteem, and confidence has grown. In today’s issue, we bring to your attention several facts and interesting tips for keeping your child safe, as well...
A 3-Part Guide to Recognizing, Understanding and Stopping Psychological ‘Gaslighting’ “You’re gaslighting me!”Does this phrase sound familiar? It seems likely that it would, as within the last 5 years, “gaslighting” has been selected the “most useful word of the year”...
Part 3: Turning Down the Heat Now that we’ve identified what gaslighting means and what it may feel like to be involved in a gaslighting relationship, we are of course left with the question: “What do I do?” Ideas concerning how to respond to gaslighting are also,...
Traumatic Dissociation and the Very Serious Business of Play Note: This article also appears on Psychology Today as part of the series The Everyday Unconscious “To truly leap, you must learn how to use the ground as a springboard, and how to land resiliently and...
~ This post was also published at Psychology Today as part of the series The Everyday Unconscious: How The Mind Works When We Are Not Looking Maybe you have seen the Facebook meme, reading “If you don’t take care of your mental health...