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Positive Aging: Redefining What Aging Successfully Means
Having spent a large part of my career working with aging communities of one sort or another, I have had the privilege to witness all [...]
Character Traits: How to Foster the Good & Manage the Bad
As a psychologist and educator with over a decade of experience integrating character development into clinical treatment, I’ve seen firsthand the transformative power of cultivating [...]
Are Intrusive Thoughts Normal? 6 Ways to Handle Them
Imagine this: You’re in the middle of an important meeting, and out of nowhere, a bizarre, totally uninvited thought pops into your head, something like, [...]
Cognitive Distortions: 15 Examples & Worksheets (PDF)
As humans, we are hardwired to see what is wrong in the world around us, rather than what is right. Evolutionarily speaking, thinking this way [...]
60 Thoughtful Mental Health Questions for Clients
We all have our good days and bad days. It is becoming common to take a mental health day to manage stress and prevent burnout [...]
How to (Re-)Build Trust in a Relationship
Trust isn’t owed; it’s earned. Earning trust requires taking risks and demonstrating that you value the relationship enough to invest in its growth and healing. [...]
Goals of Counseling: 6 Therapy Goals Explained
My personal practice is mindfulness-based, which means that we generally work with what comes to mind during sessions. That might sound like we don’t plan [...]
How To Become a Therapist: Types & Requirements
If you wish to improve the quality of people’s lives by providing mental health services, you must commit to acquiring the appropriate knowledge and skills [...]
Corporate Social Responsibility For Collective Wellbeing
The days of businesses operating with impunity and prioritizing profit above all else are long gone. Increasingly, the public is asking more of big corporations [...]
Psychological Capital: Unleashing The Inner HERO’s Potential
When most people hear the word “capital,” they think of individual, organizational, or governmental wealth. Yet, for many of the students I work with, their [...]