As Graduation season for college students near an end, thousands of people all over the world will be experiencing drastic life changes. This week I wanted to highlight some videos/ articles that focused on how to deal with life changes. The article below highlights the human response to change in both positive and negative situations.   https://ampersandhealth.co.uk/myarthritis/resources/the-psychology-of-major-life-changes/

In the final blog post for this week on managing stress and anxiety, I wanted to focus on the causes and symptoms of stress and anxiety. This last blog post highlights a health guide article that focus on just this! https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/stress-symptoms-signs-and-causes.htm

Finals week has been happening all across America these last few weeks and continues on. For this week's blog post I wanted to focus on different articles that deal with handling stress. This second article is by WebMD. his article focuses on not only how to manage stress but all how to reduce it. https://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/tips-to-control-stress

Finals week has been happening all across America these last few weeks and continues on. For this week's blog post I wanted to focus on different articles that deal with handling stress. This first article is but the CDC. The article is entitled coping with stress, and it gives tips as to how to deal with stress in a healthy...[ read more ]

This Ted Talk is from Sarri Gilman. It is all about what setting boundaries does for you, and how the process of setting boundaries can be a freeing experience.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtsHUeKnkC8   This post marks the last part of the Setting Boundaries part of the Emotional Validity Series. Next week we will focus on another topic on Emotional Maturity.

Boundaries can be used in multiple diffrent ways. In different interpersonal systems ranging from one's significant other to a supervisor or co-worker. Boundaries can be also used in different situations, emotionally, physically, and even within one's self. Though boundaries are usually seen as something between one person to another it is important to note that they can also be used...[ read more ]

In the next few weeks, we will continue our journey on emotional maturity.  This week we will focus on Setting Boundaries. In a previous blog post, I have talked about the importance of saying no and setting boundaries but I would like to take it a step further in these next few blog posts to focus on the "Emotional Maturity"...[ read more ]

This video below continues on our journey of validating emotions. Once again it focuses on the importance of validating emotions and what it means to do so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woOft9R6g7o  

Psychology Today Article on what it means to validate emotions and how to do that for a loved one! This article follows this series trend on emotional maturity and this week's topic of validating emotions. Make sure to stay tuned for a video on validating emotions and next week's topic of emotional maturity! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pieces-mind/201204/understanding-validation-way-communicate-acceptance

Being able to validate one's emotions is a key aspect of emotional maturity. Validating emotion is, as described by DC VA counseling and psychotherapy, "the process of learning about, understanding, and expressing acceptance of another person's emotional experience... Emotional validation is distinguished from emotional invalidation, in which another person's emotional experiences are rejected, ignored, or judged." As you can see emotional validation is all...[ read more ]