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Experiencing Happiness Through Flow

Finding Lasting Happiness We constantly feel that we are chasing a sense of happiness but that it remains fleeting. We may experience happiness when, for example, we achieve a specific goal, or acquire some desired item. But the feeling doesn’t seem to last. Seen we identify another goal to strive…

Nada Elawdan, LMHC

Improve Your Mental Health Judy Seoud

Mood Journaling and How It Can Help You

A “mood journal” is essentially a record of your mood at different intervals of the day and/or week that you can use to help you identify the circumstances that can trigger your varying emotional states and improve your overall mental well-being. What is mood journaling? There are generally two…

Judy Seoud, LMHC

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Beat The Winter Blues

Winter can be a difficult time of the year. The lower amount of sunlight and brisk temperatures can make people want to hibernate all winter. The Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute defines winter blues as mild depression with symptoms of low energy and lack of motivation. We have a few…

Natalie Dinkins, MHC-LP

Improve Your Mental Health Individual Psychotherapy Jonathan Bannigan

What Going To The Movies Can Teach Us About The Power Of Our Thoughts

Have you ever found yourself frustrated? Blocked? Obstructed? We all have. At such times it is all too easy to feel disempowered in the face of overwhelming outside forces. We try to identify something external to blame for our distress, and this can lead to the conviction that we must…

Jonathan Bannigan, LMHC

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What Is Grit?

Grit can be defined as the resolve to keep going when things get difficult. The concept of grit was developed by Dr. Angela Duckworth, a psychologist, and MacArthur Genius who developed her career studying what makes people succeed. She published her studies in “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.”…