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Pursuing Happiness with Flow: Effective Time Management – Part III
by Deepak Santhiraj, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Please read Part II here. Many desire to manage their time well, as a life resource, through efficient practices and life hacks. Whether maximizing the kitchen space as a zone for effective cooking and cleaning or pursuing a sense of perfection through planning ahead in the week, time management needs are persistent in any given day of the week. Highly recommended practices [...]
Why Does EMDR Therapy for Anxiety Work?
EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. It works by directing your eyes to move in a certain way, not dissimilar to hypnosis—but with added science instead of magic. This movement then stimulates the brain without triggering invasive conversations. The combination of eye movement, focus, and brain work, compound together to recreate and contextualize an event in a new manner. Or, they take a bad experience, and think [...]
How to Manage Your Child’s Anxiety
We are willing to wager that when you were a child, life was easier. If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you know how different the world is today compared to how it was for you. Take the simplest of differences, for instance, cellphones. On the rare occasion that we were allowed cellphones, they’d either be bricks or flips—and if you owned one you were cool. Today, [...]
The Importance of Selfcare in 2021
2020 brought a huge amount of uncertainty and fear into our lives. Many people are still trying to recover from the pandemic; many will have this struggle for the next few years. Never before have we experienced this extent of world-wide fear. The pandemic, compounded with the actions of particular people, have created a balancing act of emotional distress and emotional exhaustion. These complex emotions have continued into 2021, [...]
Mastering the Art of Practicing Mindfulness – Part II
Please read Part I here. Inside this pandemic season, we can note that challenging emotions are part of the emotional response to everyday experience. Diverse emotions have been felt in every corner of the world. Challenging emotions can promote conflicts, sow thoughts of unrest, sink negotiations, and color misperceptions. Happiness, sadness, gratitude, anger, shame, guilt, and fear are just several of the universal experiences of human emotion. We can [...]
2021: A Year For More Self Compassion
We have all had it tough this past year. The pandemic has wrought all kinds of complications and problems for many. From loved ones that died from the disease to loss of employment, there are many ways people have been deeply affected. It is now more important than ever to be kind to ourselves amid such tribulations. 2021 is a new opportunity to do better than 2020. Being a [...]