Seizure Disorders and Your Children’s Mental Health Mental health impairments may be due to a variety of physical causes. Seizure disorders, surgery, severe acne, dehydration, high fever, and injury to […]
Having used Alcoholism as an example of multiple factors in wellness, now let’s begin looking at Genetics (including Hormones), the first of the twelve factors affecting our strengths and weaknesses […]
Do you Drink or Drug too much and not Know It? He was so worried about what happened at work. He had too much to drink. I struggled with him […]
Personal Resources for Optimizing Health “There is just so much stress in our lives just now, costs are up, sales are down. This has been our worst year ever. […]
In the previous blog I showed how anger, blame and shame are inter-related. Similarly, guilt is related to anger, blame and shame. There is real guilt, for example when we […]
Blame, anger, shame, and guilt feelings are usually inter-connected. Jamie and his parents may be experiencing all these emotions in quick succession. “Oh, it’s all my fault!” When I […]
When we withdraw and fail to communicate our true feelings, we foster misperceptions about ourselves. So let’s keep trying. Let’s “lovingly confront.” As soon as we first realize that we […]
“I keep wondering what I could have done to cause it. Jamie was always the perfect child. I can’t imagine why it is happening. I did think my husband […]
Often, my wanting to change is not enough. I need a source of will-power. Counselors in the field of chemical dependency understand that often we do not have enough will […]
There are seven principles I want you to understand about wellness, mental health, and mental health problems and illnesses. First, It is nobody’s fault when we have problems. If […]
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