Mental Health

Helping you and your kids navigate a range of mental health struggles, from anxiety to autism to depression and everything in between.

7 Self-Help Strategies for Perimenopausal Depression | The years leading up to menopause can be such a confusing time for women, with so many unexpected physical and mental changes that are rarely spoken about. While we're prepared for hot flashes, night sweats, weight gain, and an increase in belly fat, the emotional changes are lesser known. In this post, we discuss common warning signs of perimenopause depression and tips to cope. If you're a woman over 40, this post is for you!

7 Self-Help Strategies for Perimenopausal Depression

How to Activate Your Parasympathetic Nervous System | The nervous system is having a moment in the wellness space, and for good reason. Many of us spend a lot of time living in a fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn, or sympathetic state. This causes us to have chronically elevated cortisol levels, keeping us stressed, anxious, and wired. Learning how to activated our PNS, or our 'rest and digest' state, allows us to relax, boosts our metabolism, and helps with weight loss. Click for 10 tips to help!

How to Activate Your Parasympathetic Nervous System (10 Tips)

12 Signs You're Being Gaslighted | Gaslighting isn't the same as someone lying or disagreeing with you -- it's a form of manipulation used to undermine someone else's perception in an effort to gain control, accountability, and power. It's not the same as lying or chronically disagreeing with others and can be hard to spot, which is why we put together this list of warning signs to help you determine if someone is gaslighting you. We've also included 9 ways to cope with gaslighting.

17 Signs You’re Being Gaslighted and How to Cope

8 Ways to Cope & Move On After Being Ghosted | Ghosting happens when someone ends a relationship without an explanation by ignoring messages and calls. While many often use this term in dating, it applies to friendships and professional situations as well. If you think you've been ghosted (or want to ensure it never happens to you again), this post has tons of great info -- common warning signs to watch for, what to do when you're being ghosted, and how to pick up the pieces and move forward.

8 Ways to Cope & Move On After Being Ghosted

8 Healthy Coping Skills for Teens | Adolescence brings biological, physical, and emotional changes in boys and girls alike, and the addition of social pressures and social media can make it a very overwhelming time for teenagers and their parents. If your teen is angry and withdrawn, exhibits excessive worry, can't focus, and struggles with emotional regulation, this post is a great resource. We're sharing common signs your teen is struggling and how to teach healthy coping strategies.

8 Healthy Coping Skills for Teens (and How to Teach Them)

8 Ways to Recharge Your Social Battery As An Introvert | Did you know that your personality type - introvert, extrovert, ambivert, omnivert, etc. - can impact how you cope with the world around you? Introverts tend to recharge from within while extroverts receive their energy from socialize interactions, and everyone else falls somewhere in between. Click for a list of common signs you're an introvert, signs your social battery is low, and our best tips to help you rest and recharge.

8 Ways to Recharge Your Social Battery As An Introvert

6 Lies Anxiety Tells You | Anxiety distorts our perception of reality, and if you have a tendency to overthink, ruminate, and worry excessively when you're stressed, you're not alone. Anxiety causes us to fixate on thoughts that are simply not true, which makes us feel overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious for no reason. In this post, we share common lies anxiety tells us, with tips to help you notice when this happens so you can unhook yourself from distorted thought patterns and move forward.

6 Lies Anxiety Tells You and How to Overcome Them

How to Help a Friend Going Through a Divorce | If you have a friend or family member going through a separation or a divorce and want to know how to show up for them and offer support and help when they need it most, this post is a great resource. It can be difficult to know what you should and should not say, and if you are friends with both spouses, it can be even trickier. In this post, we offer practical tips to help you offer emotional and physical support without overstepping boundaries.

How to Help a Friend Going Through a Divorce: 9 Tips

How to Stop Self-Sabotaging Relationships | We often hear about people self-sabotaging their diets and fitness goals, but did you know you can also unintentionally sabotage your relationships as well? In this post, we discuss what it means to self-sabotage, common reasons you engage in this behavior, and how to stop hijacking your relationships. If you struggle to maintain long-term relationships, this post is a great resource to help you become vulnerable and break down barriers.

How to Stop Self-Sabotaging Relationships: 6 Tips that Help

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