Sadness is an emotion that all humans experience. Even animals can become sad and lethargic when they lose something meaningful in their lives. It’s a natural feeling, and it is unpleasant to experience for a reason. Just as the unpleasant feeling of loneliness is supposed to drive us toward making interpersonal connections, sadness, in a […]
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Succeed in the New Year by Forgetting your Goals
The New Year is a great time to start afresh. We put up a blank calendar just waiting for us to fill it with new goals and achievements, benchmarks and priorities. It seems like most people make new year’s resolutions of some kind. But for most people, those resolutions fail. Often, we stall out within […]
Homesick for the holidays? How to stay safe and connected
It’s been a challenging year for many people, and the holiday season can make everything seem even harder. Job losses, social isolation, and economic uncertainty have taken their toll on all of us. Many of us won’t be able to spend time with friends and family this year the way we’re used to, and that […]
Top 6 Tips to Beat Back the Holiday Blues
The holidays are here, with bright lights, Christmas music, and daunting expectations for all. The ever-present holiday cheer can make preexisting sadness seem more poignant by contrast. In many cases, the holiday season itself gets the blame for our lingering feelings of sadness or inadequacy. What should be a time of happiness, reunions, and fellowship […]
How to Cope with the Loneliness of Social Isolation
Loneliness is never far from us, even at the best of times. While the Industrial Revolution made more extraordinary feats possible, it started making things possible with less human involvement. No longer does it take the entire community to raise a barn or build a house. We’ve shifted toward heavy equipment and sub-contractors, and lost […]
What Can Couples Counseling Actually Solve?
There are many reasons why people choose to pursue therapy; they may want to resolve past trauma, work through an issue like addiction, or improve their self-confidence among many other things. While individual therapy work is very important, individual issues can often be affected by a person’s relationship with others — particularly a romantic partner. […]