Social and emotional learning, which previously have shown immediate improvements in mental health, social skills, and academic achievement, continue to benefit students for months and even years to come.”
-2017 CASEL ORGANIZATION

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Eighty-five million of us. Millennials, rather.

​What do Birthdays, Anniversaries, Weddings, Graduations, and Holidays have in common?

We’ve all been there: stretched thin with all the activities we have agreed to do, the friendship that we continue to maintain even though they are constantly a negative voice in our ear.

During this holiday season, everywhere you go there are signs, shirts, cards, home décor, etc. that write “grateful”, “thankful”, or “blessed”.

Why is that our wallets get smaller and our waistlines get bigger over the holidays? For some of us, gift-giving is something we enjoy and look forward to

The holiday season is upon us as the temperatures steadily drop and the urge to stay in bed with warm fuzzy blankets begin to emerge.

Stress and anxiety can build to a point that you feel paralyzed in your daily life

So many times we feel a lack of control over our day-to-day, stressed with everything and feeling powerless over our lives.

Does what we eat really have an impact on our anxiety?

For the last 4 days, I have been trying to make sense and formulate words for the event that happened to in Las Vegas.

Relationships don’t only fail because of finances or infidelity, oftentimes they fail because of ineffective communication.

In my work with partners in marriage and couple's counseling I hear a lot of talk about people "playing games" or trying to "get the upper hand" in relationships.

Anxiety is a complex condition and has many root causes. One cause that I have seen as a counselor is when we act in a way that is contrary to the values we hold.

Sometimes we have an idea of what depression and anxiety look like, especially if we've gone through them ourselves.

They say we are selfish, self-centered, and don’t work hard.

I grew up in a town of 700, including most household pets on the good days.

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