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What If They’re Not Okay? The Signs of Emotional Struggle We Often Miss

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Introduction Sometimes, you notice that someone seems different, but you cannot quite explain why. A friend who used to text you every day has become difficult to reach. Your teenager is spending more time alone in their room and seems irritated whenever you ask how they are doing. A coworker who was once talkative has …

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Empty Nest Doesn’t Start at College

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Introduction Your child used to run back for one more hug before walking into the building. This year, they barely looked back. Somewhere in the space between last August and this one, something shifted, and you felt it, even if nobody else around you seemed to notice. If a wave of loss caught you off …

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Is Therapy Really to Blame for Family Estrangement? What the Research Actually Shows

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Introduction If you have been cutting off your parents, or your adult child has cut you off, you have probably seen the headlines by now. A recent Wall Street Journal feature asked a pointed question. Are therapists to blame for the rise of adults cutting off their parents? It is a question a lot of …

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Building Emotional Resilience: Practical Coping Skills for Difficult Times

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Introduction The research has been clear on this for decades; It isn’t a personality trait, rather  it is a process, a set of behaviors, thoughts, and relational patterns that can be built at any age, in any life circumstance, including the one you are in right now. Most people who feel they lack resilience are …

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How Healthy Boundaries Prevent the Kind of Exhaustion That Rest Cannot Fix

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Introduction There is a version of exhaustion that sleep does not fix. You lie down tired and wake up tired. You go through the motions of a day and finish it feeling more depleted than when it started. You used to care about things you now feel nothing toward at all. That isn’t being busy, …

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