Dealing with the Morning Doldrums
How do we help people motivate themselves on a cold dark winter morning? by Christine Lyon, LPC, BHTG co-owner and clinical manager This stage in winter can be particularly challenging for Michiganders. January and February are the most overcast months of the year, with skies historically covered with heavy gloomy clouds 63-66% of the time. […]
3 Effective Ways to Positively Express Emotions
According to researchers at the University of Illinois, how you express your emotions can reduce or increase anxiety. According to their study, people who suppress or avoid expressing their feelings had more social anxiety and anxiety in general than people who focused on the positives in situations. Similar studies found that suppressing emotions increased stress […]
These Are Not Emotional Problems…
They Are Problems With Negative Emotions Attached to Them. By Audrey Sherman, Ph.D. Do you sometimes feel like you must have something terribly wrong with your brain, that you respond to things inappropriately or with too much intensity when others seem to blow right through those same problems? Does your head spin with the seeming overwhelm […]