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By Kelly Rad, LLMSW Burnout can happen to anyone. The word “burnout” was initially associated with being overworked and overstressed at work. As a therapist, I'm seeing a lot of clients that are struggling with burnout in various aspects of their lives not just...

Anxiety is a beast. It complicates even the simplest of tasks. Having said that, anxiety wants our bodies to keep up with our racing minds, and as a result, our bodies can be in “go mode.” Anxiety wants us to overthink, over-plan, overachieve, overdo, over-worry, and...

We all struggle with stress and anxiety from time to time. Many of us feel symptoms in our bodies as well. When stress and anxiety pile up, the way we cope can have an impact on the way we feel physically, as well as our level of functioning in day-to-day tasks or...

By Tom Sutherland, MA, LPC, NCC This is a simple form of meditation that anyone can do: 1. Find a location that is safe and appropriate for this exercise. It will help if the environmental distractions are minimized. 2. Sit upright but keep your posture comfortable....

By Tom Sutherland, MA, LPC, NCC I often bring up meditation to clients as a technique to help with anxiety management. Only a small percentage, though, report giving it a good shot, and fewer still practice it with any regularity. I’m guilty of this, myself. But for...

Happiness, Inside look you must. Being Happy Happiness is an inside job, and, for many, it is a “subjective feeling of well-being.” Subjective feelings are inside creations. Since each thought you have produces electromagnetic and chemical signals in your body,...

Mental health struggles can get in the way of your ability to orgasm — and you deserve to get that sorted out. "I have never told anyone that before." I hear this often in my office as a psychiatrist. Talking to me, my patients are often more vulnerable than they have...

By: Gina Shuster, LMSW Someone you love has died and you are changed. Your life has been altered in ways that you couldn’t have anticipated. In a single breath, life shifted and the person who was your present and your future suddenly became your past. This reality is...

In May 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Melissa Thomas graduated Yale School of Medicine and immediately started work in the Emergency Department of Yale New Haven Hospital. She quickly noticed similarities between her new job and her two...

This blog was jointly written by “The Older Dad,” Dr. Kevin D. Arnold, and by Ms. Theresa Gaser, MSSA, LISW-S of Trinity Family Counseling, Westerville, Ohio According to the VA, children who are exposed to higher amounts of TV coverage of a disaster develop more...

By: Gina Shuster, LMSW For many years, the topic of burnout was primarily discussed in reference to professional burnout, however, we can all experience personal burnout as well. We are currently in the throes of an ongoing global pandemic, which has both professional...

The Unwind is Yahoo Life’s well-being series in which experts, influencers and celebrities share their approaches to wellness and mental health, from self-care rituals to setting healthy boundaries to the mantras that keep them afloat. There are many words to...