Stress Awareness Month has been recognized every April since 1992, but this year it seems particularly important. Learning to cope with our stress and finding healthy ways to deal with these situations can go a long way in living...
While there’s nothing wrong with feeling angry or upset sometimes, regulating our emotions can help our children in the short-term and long-term. Photo by Karolina Grabowska via Pexels We all experience emotions throughout the day. Some of them are...
“I hear your voice when I read these words. I hope it can inspire new ways of expressing what you already do so often.” That’s what my friend Lisa told me when she gifted me the book Daughter Drink...
Child abuse casts a long shadow. A long-term study published in the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect found that by age 21, up to 80 percent of child abuse survivors had developed a psychiatric illness, including depression and...
Specifically, many studies have shown that job stress is by far the most common source of stress for American adults and that the problem has escalated steadily over the past few decades. In addition, increased rates of heart attacks, hypertension, and...
Like the three legs of a tripod, these ingredients can lead to a happy, well-balanced life. Source:Photo by Nawel Amel: https://www.pexels.com/photo/camera-on-a-tripod-directed-on-the-sea-4187837/ During my 30-plus years in clinical practice, I have come to realize that there are some common psychological...
April is Stress Awareness Month, and it’s important for the environment, health, and safety (EHS) professionals and managers to ensure they are staying on top of the risks to their organizations presented by job-related stress. GNT STUDIO / Shutterstock.com Each...
The 2022 results of ‘Stress in America’ poll by American Psychological Association are worrying more than ever! According to the poll, the stress and mental health statistics of US are worsening, mostly due to a bundle reasons of COVID-19...
In July 2022, Zaid Khan, a 24-year-old software engineer from New York, posted a video on TikTok that described “quiet quitting.” “I recently learned about this term called ‘quiet quitting,'” he begins. “You’re not outright quitting your job, but you’re quitting...
The current stress level experienced by Americans is 20 percentage points higher than the global average (American Institute of Stress). Stress can negatively impact our mental and physical health, our productivity, and even our relationships. But we don’t have...
