Blog for Better Living
Mindfulness Practice
By: Other | November 16, 2015
Written by Kelly Anderson, Ph.D. In today’s fast paced world, we are often tasked with managing many different situations at once. As humans we have the ability to hold multiple thoughts in our mind at one time and process information about one activity while actively involved in another. Although this amazing ability is often quite […]
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The Healthy Benefits of Helping Others
By: Other | November 2, 2015
Written by Jennifer Wendt, Ph.D. It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life… that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Have you been feeling blue? Stuck in a rut? Feeling useless or without purpose? Some say the key to happiness is helping others. They […]
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Why Do I Feel This Way?
By: Other | October 19, 2015
Written by Karin Thebus, Psy.D. A checklist to help identify your current state of mind Have you ever had that feeling that everything is just not ok? Your mood is low and motivation just won’t come. Sometimes all we need is to change our perspective a bit and everything starts to feel better. Before giving in to […]
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How to Not Take Things Personally
By: Rochelle Perper, Ph.D. | October 12, 2015
Don’t take anything personally. This is the second agreement of Don Miguel Ruiz’s classic, The Four Agreements. As the author writes so eloquently in his book: “Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally…nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their […]
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Finding the Therapy That’s Right for You
By: Other | October 5, 2015
Written by Kelly Anderson, Ph.D. Earlier this week I was reading an article from Psychology Today about the difficulty Americans are having finding a well-trained Psychologist. The article (which you can read here) followed the story of one man’s three year journey to find a psychologist trained in delivering the gold standard therapy for treating […]
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How to Help Someone with Anxiety
By: Other | September 21, 2015
Written by Francine Martinez, Ph.D. Anxiety is a condition that can close you off to others. For friends and family of those living with anxiety, this can represent a serious challenge. You want to help them deal with their condition, but you don’t know how to help them or what you can say to snap […]
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Vulnerability
By: Other | September 8, 2015
Written by Karin Thebus, Psy.D. I recently had a discussion with some friends about being vulnerable and what that really means. One of my friends stated that she had been vulnerable to another person and did not get the response she wanted, so why would she open herself up that way again. I thought that […]
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Reclaiming Gratitude
By: Rochelle Perper, Ph.D. | August 17, 2015
Gratitude is an immensely powerful emotion that can help us through even the darkest of times. Gratitude is an expression of our appreciation for life, our experiences, and the people around us. Without gratitude we find ourselves feeling “stuck” and unable to find joy in life. We may become increasingly distressed that our expectations are not met or […]
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Emotions and Our Bodies
By: Other | August 10, 2015
Written by Francine Martinez, Ph.D. A new movie was released this summer from Disney/Pixar, Inside Out. As a psychologist the trailers were intriguing – an animated film about our emotions as “live entities” in our heads. How could I not go?! The film, if you haven’t seen it, is delightful and brings to light the important role our […]
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