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Anxiety? PTSD? Eat a high-protein breakfast.

When you eat a sugary or carbohydrate-based breakfast, your blood sugar goes sky-high and then crashes in an hour. The body perceives...

Does anyone care?

I suppose the picture says it all. The useful thing about EMDR is that it is a good fit for kids who don't know quite how to put...

How to feel less awkward

Many introverted people realize that they can be awkward in conversation, and notice that co-workers or acquaintances might be avoiding...

Taking personal responsibility: I can make it easier--but only you can change your life

What I do, especially regarding trauma therapy and marriage therapy, is not much different from what an orthopedic surgeon does. If you...

Ecstasy: Sentiment and Conviction 2

This is another post about the relationship between sentiment and conviction, and how when they go hand-in-hand as they should, the...

Don't trust people who tell you what to think--especially if you agree with them.

Does this really need explaining? Apparently in today's culture it does. I'm not sure what happened to the anti-establishment movement...

Sentiment vs. Conviction

What is sentiment? An internal expression of strong emotions in reaction to a realization of something profound. What is conviction? ...

Fake Labels vs. Mental Health

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I have as much training in diagnosis as an LPC, LCSW, LMHC, and so on. However, LMFT's...

You can't have "a little autism" or be "a bit on the spectrum." Fad diagnoses won't make you happy.

Autism is not "cool." You don't want it, you don't want your children to have it. Ask someone with ASD, ask the parent of a child with...

Fake security vs freedom: Mental illness should not be "cool." Labels should not be identities.

Fake security vs freedom: Mental illness should not be "cool." Labels should not be identities. A label is not going to give your life...