by Clara Kuntz Ph.D | Nov 3, 2020 | Adulting, Anxiety, Body/Mind, Family Matters, Kids, Mental Health, Parenting, Self-Care, Stress
Why am I damaging my hair, skin, and nails when I am stressed?! Do you bite your nails or cuticles until they hurt?Do you pull your hair until you have bald spots?Do you pick at your skin until you have multiple bloody spots on your face? You are not alone! You are...
by Clara Kuntz Ph.D | Sep 29, 2020 | Adulting, Family Matters, Kids, Life Candy, Self-Care, Self-Esteem
Many states are in a time of flux due to Covid-19, students, parents, teachers, and administrators of college campuses are asked to be dynamic. This expectation of constant change can be hard for college students, who were taught throughout grade school to keep a...
by Dr Aletta | Jan 5, 2020 | Adulting, Happiness, Life Candy, Life Matters
Four months after I met John I proposed marriage to him. He said, “No. Thank you.” I was twenty-nine when we met. He was the life partner I had been waiting for. He loved me but he didn’t believe in marriage. OK, I thought, I’ll give him a year. ...
by Tacianna Indovina | Oct 28, 2019 | Adulting, Family Matters, Kids, Parenting, Self-Esteem, Stress
I’ve been avoiding writing this post because I’m a first-time parent and I’ve been struggling with some guilt for returning back to work myself. My son is almost three months old and I returned to work part-time after seven weeks. I was, am, and will likely continue...
by Tacianna Indovina | Sep 4, 2019 | Adulting, Family Matters
“Being a parent is hard.” “Your whole life will be turned upside down.” “You have no idea what you’re in for.” “You just have one..wait until you have two.” “You just have two…wait until you have three.” Sometimes this (often unsolicited) feedback can be...
by Christine Frank | Aug 13, 2019 | Adulting, Body/Mind, Weight & Shape
We have a problem in the modern-American workplace: toxic food culture. Our views around food—what’s acceptable to eat, what’s “good” and what’s “bad,” how people choose to eat their food—have become very distorted. We live in a culture of dieting and “lookism.”...