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Gratitude: Don’t just save it for Thanksgiving Day.  

Gratitude: Don’t just save it for Thanksgiving Day.  

In this post, written by Diana Harden, LGPC, readers explore the definition of gratitude and learn how it can be applied to their daily lives. Diana also helps readers consider a few ways that they can create a personal culture of gratitude everyday, rather than waiting for Thanksgiving to practice.

The Power of Positive Affirmations

The Power of Positive Affirmations

One choice/one resolution you can make today, is to say something positive about yourself every day. Positive affirmations are positive phrases which you repeat to yourself which describe how you want to be. Over time, they may help you to overwrite negative beliefs that you hold about yourself by replacing those limiting beliefs with them with positive thoughts that instill confidence and positivity. In this blog, graduate student Intern, Dushyanthi Niyangoda, helps readers to explore the power of positive affirmations.

7 Days to Better Fights

7 Days to Better Fights

One thing we know about relationships, is that all couples fight, but not all couples fight well. This blog was inspired by the 7 Days to Better Fights email series created by Dr. Stan Tatkin and the PACT institute. This post combines the exercises created in the email series and combines it with thoughtful quotes from Dr. Stan Tatkin, in order to help you strengthen your conflict resolution skills with your partner(s).

Meditation Mindfulness to Improve Mental Health

Meditation Mindfulness to Improve Mental Health

This blog post, written by graduate student intern, Dushyanthi Niyangoda, explores the definitions, origins, and benefits that meditation mindfulness yields and how these benefits may impact mental health.

BIPOC Clinician Support

BIPOC Clinician Support

This post, written by Brittany Spencer, LGPC, is for mental health professionals holding space for BIPOC individuals. The blog calls readers to question, how are you caring for yourself in the midst of the current chaos?

Back to Basics

Back to Basics

When you’re struggling with your mental health, being told to think about your nutrition, hydration, or sleep can feel patronizing or like a non-essential. However, when some of your most basic needs aren’t being met, it can make dealing with any mental health issues even harder. . It might not mean everything is better, but instead that your hunger, hydration, and sleep are not contributing factors.

Internalized Homophobia: The What, The Why, the What Now? 

Internalized Homophobia: The What, The Why, the What Now? 

Oftentimes we talk about coming out as the main barrier or event for LGBTQ+ individuals to live as they truly are. However, for many folks there is another barrier that can greatly impact the way in which they feel about themselves, their ability to feel proud, and their ability to accept themselves for who they truly are: Internalized Homophobia.  This post written by Abigail Smith, LGPC, assists readers in exploring the origins and remedies for internalized homophobia.

Working From Home: Part 5

Working From Home: Part 5

This is the final post in a 5-part series about how to separate work life from home life when you work from home (WTF) during the covid-19 pandemic, written by Baltimore therapist, Anna Kozitzky, LGPC.

Addressing Anger and Resentment in the Face of Injustice

Addressing Anger and Resentment in the Face of Injustice

The recent killing of George Floyd has triggered the entire nation as it resembles the countless police killings we have sadly seen before. In this blog post, Brittany Spencer, LGPC, normalizes how unheard cries for justice lead to feelings of anger of resentment. Additionally, readers will explore how to practice self-care in the face of injustice, how to spread awareness and how to personally advocate for change.