Writing down your thoughts and feelings can benefit your mood and mental health.

Transitioning from the end of summer to going back to school can be a difficult time with students and parents.

We have little control over the thoughts that pop into our minds but we can learn to change how we relate to our thoughts.

Depersonalization is focused on yourself, and derealization is focused on the external world. Both experiences can include a sense of emotional detachment, feeling numb, or feeling distressed or confused.

There is a connection between the mental health of a parent, or primary caregiver, and a child.

People with higher levels of initiative may feel more empowered and in control of their daily lives whereas people with a high level of guilt may lack confidence, experience low self-worth, and have greater difficulty setting and accomplishing goals.

The hedonic treadmill, which is also known as hedonic adaptation, is the idea that people have a set level of happiness, and after increasing or decreasing in response to life events, happiness tends to return to the set level.

"Should thoughts" can create unrealistic expectations and a sense of pressure. Values based behavior that is not based on what sounds good or what someone else says creates more motivation. The next time you act or set a goal, check that expectations are realistic, balanced and based on your values.

Unhelpful thinking styles, like catastrophizing or overgeneralization, can distort perceptions and amplify distressing emotions, affecting mental well-being.

Main Character Syndrome (MCS) describes the tendency to view yourself as the main character, often neglecting others’ needs, which can harm relationships and authenticity.

Anxiety often “misfires” and tells us there is a threat or danger in the moment when there is not. Learn to manage this reaction more effectively.

Catastrophizing is thinking the worst possible outcome will happen and is related to anxiety and depression.

The holidays – and life itself – provide us with many opportunities to manage stress and build resilience.

Keystone habits create positive ripple effects, enhancing routines, mindset, and well-being. Learn how small changes lead to transformative growth.

The observer self can help you get mental distance from unhelpful thoughts and make values-based choices based on a more complete sense of self, not based on what one small part of your experience may be telling you to do.

For many of us, it is meaningful and values-based to engage in the democratic process and exercise our right to vote. In the age of 24/7 news and media, however, elections can also feel anxiety-provoking and exhausting.

Most of us don’t like the feeling of pain, yet it is possible to be in pain and not experience suffering. Suffering arises when we do not accept pain and respond to pain with resistance. This creates a struggle with pain that can lead to becoming stuck in it.

Summer is typically a more carefree, less scheduled, and demanding time of year compared to the school year and it can take some time to adjust to being back at school.

Magnification and minimization is a type of cognitive distortion where certain aspects of a situation are exaggerated while other aspects are downplayed or ignored.

Social Anxiety Disorder often overlaps with harshly judging one’s own physical appearance.