by Kristen Lipari, Ph.D. | Nov 18, 2022 | Children, Family, Parenting, Stress
The tasks of parenthood can feel overwhelming. Whether you are a stay-at-home parent or balancing a job with parenthood, these years are trying. You’re managing your own mental and physical well-being as well as that of tiny humans. There are dozens of seemingly...
by Kamaljit "Sonya" Virdi, Ph.D. | Nov 11, 2022 | Anxiety, Family, Parenting
What happens when the approval of others comes at the cost of your child’s well-being and mental health? And would you recognize that it was happening? If you are an adult child of Indian origin, your parents likely encouraged you to become a doctor, lawyer, or...
by Jen McWaters, Psy.D. | Oct 21, 2022 | Anxiety, Family, Holidays, Mindfulness
It’s almost holiday season! This statement might elicit excitement, joy, as well as other emotions such as dread, stress, or a combination of these, and other feelings. The holidays raise mixed emotions, and for many of us, stress is an expected component of this time...
by Jen McWaters, Psy.D. | Aug 26, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Family, Grief, Relationships, Stress, Therapy
What to Say to a Loved One Struggling and How to Cope Yourself Driving to work recently, I was surprised to hear an advertisement on the radio for an In vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinic. This made me reflect on how much more normative the topic of fertility or...
by Natalie Rice-Thorp, Ph.D. | Jul 15, 2022 | Children, Family, Parenting, Stress
Every year as summer approaches, I count down the days until school ends, awaiting the time when I have less on my plate. Exhausted from trying to balance my kids’ school demands, keeping the household functional, and keeping up with my own job, I look forward to not...
by Kristen Lipari, Ph.D. | Mar 4, 2022 | Children, Family, Parenting
Parenthood is full of traps, some of which come in the form of inexplicably painful Legos that hide on the floor just waiting for you to stumble at the end of a long day. Some of these traps occur in our minds. They’re thinking traps, and just because they live in our...
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