Stress Management

Writing

Writing Can Help Make Us More Emotionally Intelligent

August 7, 2022

Keeping a stress log can help reduce stress. Our ability to process complex situations and all of the variables that can affect us is limited by working memory. We can only retain about 4-7 chunks of information for short periods…

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children

Are You and Your Children Over-Scheduled?

May 9, 2022

While having my hair cut, my barber talked with me about over-scheduled children. He wondered how parents kept up with all of the activities. Parents wonder the same thing. In my office, parents question whether they should be taking kids…

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conservation in consulleing

Conversations In Counseling: What’d I Say?

May 9, 2022

“WHAT’D I SAY?” When a former counseling client says, “I’ll never forget what you said. It’s always stuck with me,” I hold my breath praying, “please God, let it be something I wouldn’t regret saying or at least let it…

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cycling

Find a Patch of Pavement. Ride or Walk.

March 23, 2022

When I see a new client in our clinic, I will always ask about exercise. A core part of mental and physical health optimization and recovery, exercise produces chemistry in our brains and bodies that will change our brain state…

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