How Stress and Anxiety Has Contributed to a Generation of “Avoiders” and “Isolators” Young men are experiencing quarter-life crises at an alarming rate. Men are struggling to graduate college, step into the workforce, step into independent adulthood, and deal with adversity and setbacks in life. But what is behind this epidemic of failure to launch guys? Psych Bytes presents a...
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How to Teach Empathy to Kids
I love and enjoy what I do, I teach parents how to have difficult conversations with their children. Teaching them on how to keep the line of communication free and clear. However, in recent events I find myself having to teach parents to deal with racism or better yet how to respond to it. How...
Stressed About Going to College? 3 Tips to Conquer College Stress!
Stressed About Going to College? 3 Tips to Conquer College Stress! I have been working with a cool young guy named Cam*. He’s about to return to college to start his second year. Technically it’s his third year out of high school, but his first foray into college lasted one month. By the second week...
Parent and Teen Communication: It’s Complicated…
In 6th grade, I was probably too old for a father-daughter dance… I know I was a lousy date that evening, compared to my younger sister who smiled her way through the night. I pouted as we got ready for the church dance, telling my dad that the gold “E” initial necklace he gave me...
Date Nights Are Essential to Your Marriage and Mental Well-Being
Date nights are essential to your marriage and mental well-being. With the day-to-day responsibilities of adulting, it is easy to neglect both marriage and spouse. Break From Parenting As a parenting coach, I should be the last person telling you that you need a break from parenting, but you do! To be positive and continue...
Today’s Teen Culture: Mental Health Awareness
[The information in this article was originally published on Shrink Tank in May 2017 and inspired from the hit show “13 Reasons Why”.] What Is It Like to Be a Teen in 2017? “Bye Bye Childhood!” One of the biggest developments for childhood and adolescence is that puberty is occurring earlier than in past generations. ...
Want to Help Someone with Anxiety? Don’t Make Promises You Cannot Keep
When Reassurance Becomes a Crutch In order to be supportive we often feel that we should give empathy, encouragement, and reassurance to others. While empathy and encouragement are highly recommended, there are times when reassurance may do the opposite of what we intend. For some people, reassurance becomes a crutch. People feel like they need...
How Princess Diana’s Death Spurred Prince William to Campaign for Mental Health
“You never get over it. I still feel it 20 years later about my mother. I still have shock within me.” Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, has said the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, spurred him on to tackle the issue of mental health. Speaking after the preview screening of a BBC...
5 Ways to Challenge Anxious Thoughts
Since our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all connected, one way to reduce anxiety symptoms is to work on challenging anxious thoughts. Challenging means to slowly chip away at potentially years and years of anxious thinking. When faced with anxiety-provoking situations, your brain will automatically go a certain direction potentially without you even realizing. What...
A Psychological Analysis of Donald Trump
[This article was first published on Shrink Tank in January 2017] Love him, hate him but can you feel sorry for him? Donald Trump’s personality analyzed Ask anyone what they think of Donald Trump and you are almost guaranteed one of two instantaneous - almost reflexive – reactions: “He is great” (read: I admire his...