Teen Mental Fitness: ‘Your Brain Needs A Hug.’
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Continue ReadingMy Mixed Emotions is an excellent primer on children’s feelings. It’s essential reading for both parents and children. Relax. Breathe. Be happy!
Continue ReadingCheckPoint is running a 48-Hour LiveStream Gaming Marathon this weekend. Because gaming IS good for your mental health and your gaming community.
Continue ReadingThis week, in the UK, is Mental Health Awareness Week. Here is a summary of three books that might help with the struggle against depression.
Continue ReadingWith respect to my colleague, I dissent.
Continue ReadingThe new FX show ‘Legion’ problematically intertwines autism, schizophrenia, and violence, perpetuating dangerous mental health stereotypes.
Continue ReadingNail biting is classified as an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Does this mean your child should be treated for the very common habit?
Continue ReadingIn Fangirl Therapy, therapist Kathleen Smith (the blogger behind the popular Fangirl Therapy site) speaks directly to those of us who identify as fangirls.
Continue ReadingIf you have questions, ask. If you need help, tell someone. If someone asks you for help? Listen. Be compassionate. Believe. And never doubt that a single word can save a life.
Continue ReadingI know I’m not alone in having anxiety. Many of us have it. We think too much, especially about the worst case scenario. External and internal factors cause us to be agitated, whether we show it or not.
Continue ReadingMy life is loud. Two kids, two cats, a husband with ADHD. I live, by choice, in a city. I work in an office far too small for the number of people who share it under a parking garage with thin walls where the phone rings ALL. DAY.
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