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Journaling isn’t just for teens who want to write about their torrid longing for a One Direction band member. It can be a powerful, even magical tool, for releasing unnecessary and emotional baggage in adults. The daily/weekly exercise of purging all the thoughts that swirl around in your head and writing about what is stressing […] The post How to Journal for Therapy appeared first on Just Mind.

Do you know that New Year’s Resolution that you make every single year? Yeah, that one. The one that has plagued you for years, but you never give up hope… and like clockwork, every January 1st you make a promise to yourself that you are finally going to lick that bad lifestyle choice. Well, chances are, you are going […] The post New Year’s Resolution: Learn from Failure appeared first on Just Mind.

Your brain has essentially 3 different types of waves, or electrical impulses that can be detected on an EEG instrument: Beta, Alpha, and Delta. Think of them as college sororities of the mind. We all strive to join the Betas because they are the most active group – it’s the kind of brain wave that occurs when […] The post Is Your Television Stressing You Out? appeared first on Just Mind.

I often have people asking me for advice on depression and medications. Particularly, they ask if they have depression, should they take medication? My advice varies person to person and I am not a pill pusher by any means. My short advice for someone considering medication would be as follows: 1) Get a full medical evaluation […] The post Advice on Depression and Medications appeared first on Just Mind.

Plan: What challenges with family befuddle you the most over the holidays? With those things in mind, might the be ways to strategize a new way to approach these challenges? If your family argues a lot, maybe try to understand their viewpoint more in depth instead of arguing your own. Take time to yourself. Take […] The post 5 Tips to Get Through Holiday Stress appeared first on Just Mind.

Panic attacks are so intense that many people will think they are having a heart attack and end up in emergency rooms. In my own experience, they have felt like someone has taken wire and laced it around my ribs and is pulling it taught. My lungs will feel like they can’t take in enough […] The post What to Do When You Are Having a Panic Attack appeared first on Just Mind.

In this episode of Mad Men, I love how Don Draper discusses the pain of divorce. About midway through this clip he says, “Congratulations… for getting divorced. Nobody realizes how bad it has to get for that to happen. Now you get to move on.” It strikes me that whoever wrote this must have gone […] The post Mad Men, Hemingway, and Divorce appeared first on Just Mind.

Heartbreak is something that all of us will encounter at some time or another. Having encountered it in my own life through my own divorce, it sent me on a mission to really try and understand its lessons. I will say that understanding these lessons tested me on everything that I never knew up to […] The post How to Heal a Broken Heart appeared first on Just Mind.

I tend to work with a lot of people going through difficulties in relationships and breakups. They are a strange thing in life because you fail and yet you move forward. The article below has a unique perspective on why breaking up is hard to do. The following is an excerpt that I read and […] The post Breaking up Is Hard to Do appeared first on Just Mind.