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  • How Uncertainty Causes Anxiety

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    Adam Omary Whole or skim milk? Take your normal route home or an unfamiliar potential shortcut? Flip a hypothetical trolley switch that would kill one person, saving five others. All of these decisions have two things in common: uncertainty and anxiety. Whether you consciously feel anxious or not in deciding between two similar options at the grocery…

  • What We Can Do About the Teenage Mental Health Crisis

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    Douglas Newton M.D., M.P.H. Turning concerning headlines into positive action. If you are concerned after seeing repeated headlines sounding the alarm about a nationwide teenage mental health crisis, you are not alone, and there are things you can do to help the teenagers in your life. Reading the news, you cannot escape the fact that American teenagers…

  • How to Avoid Experiential Avoidance

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    Bruce Wilson Ph.D. “The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is far advanced, as to make avoidance impossible.” –Thomas Hardy How do most people deal with unwanted experiences? They avoid them. They try to displace them with alcohol, drugs, half-truths, or lies, to themselves or others. Does it work? Possibly, at…

  • How Trauma Interrupts Each Stage of Lifespan Development

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    Kathleen Marriott B. Psyc (Hons) MSoH A traumatic event can occur at any stage of development and hinder growth and success; it can even stop development altogether. Interventions designed to help trauma interrupting development aim to create experiences of the unfinished or underdeveloped stage. With the proper support and resources, you can move forward, rebuild…

  • The Power of Stepping Into the Unknown

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    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image custom_src=”https://herenowhelp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hike.png”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Personal Perspective: The heroic task of letting go of the familiar. Gregg Levoy  Stories of the “hero’s journey,” from Bilbo to Buddha, tell us that leave-taking is an essential, perhaps an essential task. Heroes must eventually leave the village or the castle, or the farmhouse in Kansas in order to come into their full…

  • Feeling Empty? 7 Signs You’re Unconnected With Your Emotions

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    Jonice Webb Ph.D. Emptiness is one of the most painful feelings one can experience. Many people describe empty feelings as numbness, detachment, chronic or deep boredom, or a sense of being hollow in their bellies or chest. Like something is missing inside of you. If you have ever felt this way, it’s important to know that…

  • How to Transcend Self-Doubt and Negative Self-Talk

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    Leigh W. Jerome Ph.D. What is that voice in your head saying right now? Do you feel lifted up with kind words of support or are your thoughts racing with distorted, fear-based criticism? All of us have internal dialogues that narrate our day. There is a good reason for this ongoing recitation. Self-talk supports a variety…

  • Treating Sensory and Environmental Challenges

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    Jessica Broitman Ph.D. Co-authored with Miranda Melcher As discussed in a previous blog, sensory issues are essentially someone finding touch, sound, light, taste, or other sense-based stimuli either too much or too little in their effect, compared to the range of “normal.” These issues can often be unnoticed, including by the affected person, since what is considered normal…

  • How Mindfulness Affects the Brain and Body

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    Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. Neuroscientist David Vago begins each day with meditation. Like millions worldwide, Vago sees his mindfulness practice as good medicine holistically promoting health. Inspired by the staggering power of the human mind, Vago has studied the neurobiological mechanisms of mind-body practices for almost 15 years. Mindfulness – a moment-to-moment, nonjudgmental awareness of one’s internal states and surroundings…

  • Eradicating Labeling People With Mental Health Issues

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    Jennifer Guttman Psy.D. About 20 percent of adults have at least one mental health condition. People can embrace discussions about coping with mental adversity at home or out with family or friends. Be mindful and sensitive that the mental health issues people struggle with don’t define their state of being or who they are. One…