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Swipe Wise: A Practical Guide to Today’s Dating Apps
If you have been single at any point in the past two decades, you have probably tried online dating at least once…or twice, or maybe more.

Healing From the Inside Out: How Vagal Nerve Toning Transforms Trauma
In the aftermath of trauma, it can be challenging to move forward. It is common for many people to mark their lives by what it was like before the traumatic experience and then after.

Holiday Cheer and Single Blues: How to Navigate the Holidays When You are Alone
Whether you’re newly single, long-term solo, or somewhere in between, navigating the holidays alone can stir up everything from peace and empowerment to loneliness and comparison.

How to Cope with Seasonal Depression (SADD)
For many people, the changing of seasons is not always the best time of the year. For some, it’s a time when their mood changes as quickly as the weather. While many people associate seasonal depression with wintertime, it can occur at any point in the year.

Looking for Love? 4 Tips for Managing Anxiety About Dating
You reach for your phone and unlock it. After navigating through several of your apps, you find the one you’re
Is Trauma Your Primary Connection to Each Other? Understanding Trauma Bonds
Have your friends and family become concerned about your relationship? Do you feel that you constantly have to vie for

Supporting LGBTQ Teens who are Getting Bullied
Unfortunately, bullying is not uncommon. According to the National Bullying Prevention Center, one in five students report being bullied. One

How Can EMDR Help Anxiety?
Trauma is when you experience terror after a trigger brings up a terrible memory. What makes trauma so powerful is

The Sleep-Depression Relationship
We all feel down from time to time. But when you are depressed, you tend to go through long, extended

5 Tips to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma can leave a mark on you. As a child, your brain is still growing and developing. When trauma

How to Identify Suicidal Signs in Teens
You may think that teens do not have anything to be sad or scared about. After all, childhood is the

4 Tips to Cope with Anxiety after a Break-up
When you think of a break up, you might think about feelings of depression, rejection, and anger. What you might

Why you can’t let go….Signs of Complicated Grief
Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult things you will go through. It can be so hard

How Does Trauma Impact Families?
Has your family ever suffered a tragic event that affected everyone? There are many ramifications that can occur from family

What Is Gaslighting? Is It a Form of Abuse?
Have you ever seen the Alfred Hitchcock classic film Gaslighting? In this movie, a manipulative husband makes his wife question

Yes, There Are Different Types of Anxiety
You may have experienced stressful moments where things can take unexpected turn or if you cannot guess the final outcome

The Many Faces of Trauma
Sometimes the unexpected happens. One moment we are just living our lives and the next moment an event occurs that

Overly Sensitive? You May Be an HSP
Has someone ever told you that you are “too sensitive” or too much of an over- thinker? When you see

Why Your Mood Changes With Each New Season
It is nice to live in a place where the seasons change. The year starts off with a little snowfall

Depression Is More Than Just Sadness
As human beings, we all have sad moments. Things do not always work out the way we plan and people

Who Am I? A Guide for Teens Unsure of Their Own Identity
Being a teenager can be a confusing time. There is a lot of pressure in high school to fit in.