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The pandemic…within the pandemic

2020 has been playing out like a real life version of Jumanji that whoever started….rrreeeaaaalllyyyy needs to finish. We’re living in...

Giving Thanks After Thanksgiving…How an Attitude of Gratitude Will Change Your Life

The last of the mashed potatoes have been scraped from the Tupperware, the can shaped cranberry sauce somehow looks even more like a...

Ketamine, a Break-through Treatment for Depression?

Over the last couple days the news has been exploding with a new ‘miracle medication’ for depression. There has been a lot of attention...

You Can’t Sit With Us. What the Mean Girl Effect has on Mass Shootings

“You Can’t Sit With Us!” The recent tragedy in Thousand Oaks has invoked a heated and polarizing debate about gun control, even within my...

Let’s Talk About Sex(ual) Assault

With the recent Supreme Court appointment, and the #metoo movement sexual assault has had a light shown on it in a way that we have never...

Body Positivity: What it is, What it isn’t, and How to Get There

Over the last few years body positivity is something that has been getting a lot of attention. Supporters of this movement have the...

Mental Health in Mexico

It seems that the topics of deportation and the matter of separating parents from their children has been everywhere lately. This made me...

13 Reasons Why our Kids are Depressed, Anxious, and Suicidal (Side B)

Photo by Hichem Deghmoum on Pexels.com Depression and anxiety in kids and adolescents certainly isn’t something that’s new, but is it...

13 Reasons Why Our Kids are Depressed,Anxious, and Suicidal (Side A)

With the recent release of season two of the Netflix original “13 Reasons Why,” along with the recent tragic shootings I have had more...