Healing Trauma Through Yoga
By Rose Hahn In this article, I’m exploring the intersection between two big wellness topics making the rounds in newsrooms, social media, and mental health outlets today: yoga and trauma. It might seem these topics have little to do with each other. But the truth…
Stress & Youth: Signs and Strategies
By Sarah Dochow Have you ever thought “Oh how I would love to be young and stress-free again?” Well, the thing is young people, like adults, experience stress. It can show up in a lot of different ways. And can stem from a variety of…
6 Tips For Mental Wellness This Holiday Season
I don’t know about you, but this year feels like it is flying by. I feel like I was just handing the kids popsicles and now Thanksgiving is around the corner and I’m buying snow gear. As a therapist, this time of year is known…
How To Talk To Your Kids About Drugs
There is often a direct correlation between mental health and drug abuse. Just like we are great about caring for our children’s physical health, routine doctor visits, shots, etc, we have to be mindful of our children’s mental health as well. Part of that is…
Relentless Self-care for Womxn of Color
By Haneen Ahmad Let’s face it. Most of us are not truly practicing self-care in the ways we should. We find it difficult to get adequate rest, we make convenient instead of healthy food choices, and we are always going, going, going. The importance of…
6 Tips to Ease Back-to-School Anxiety In Children
By Haneen Ahmad As a mother, my worries are sky-high the night before the first day of school. Will the kids get placed with a great teacher? Will they easily make friends? Will they get picked on? Will they finish their lunch and have energy…
Intuitive Eating: A quick guide…
By Haneen Ahmad Say hello to the healthiest way of eating Who doesn’t want to feel great about what they eat and what they see in the mirror. Intuitive eating helps facilitate just that. It promotes a healthy attitude towards food and a positive body…
11 Things No One Tells You About Becoming a Therapist
By Haneen Ahmad There have been some seriously rewarding moments in my career as a therapist over the past decade. I have supported individuals and families through trauma, anxiety, births, deaths, and every type of transition and adjustment in between. It hasn’t always been pretty,…
The 8 Things You Should Do to Reduce Decision-Making Anxiety
By Haneen Ahmad So there she sat, on my couch, drowning in a puddle of anxiety over whether or not to move out. Big choice. I get it. Harder choice to make once coupled with anxiety. I think we reviewed the pros and cons list…
EMDR Therapy: Transforming the Healing Process
By Haneen Ahmad Imagine this. You have past trauma you want gone. I can’t make it disappear but I can make it a hell of a lot less triggering. You probably want to do away with the anxiety and depression that may be a byproduct…