In a previous post, I talked about how in unpredictable times, our usual ways of going about living are significantly changed. In my blog, “Your Mental Health in These Unpredictable Times”, I lay out the groundwork to help cope with uncertainty The resulting anxiety of losing our usual ways of going about living can become overwhelming, leaving us feeling at the mercy of our increasingly threatening world. Our typical ways are our habits that help us structure our daily lives and can provide us with predictability and security. We are habit seeking creatures. When faced with unfamiliar circums ..read more

Part One We hear it all the time… “love, love, love.” Love is the most powerful emotion. Love heals, love wins, love is the end all be all. We aspire to it, spend our whole lives chasing it, seeking it, giving it, losing it, and wind up starting all over again. Many mental health issues are caused by the lack of love, loss of love, or inability to receive the love around us. Chronic mental health problems make love even more scarce…from us, from others, from society.  So, let’s look at this in more detail. Depression, anxiety, ADHD, mania, psychosis…they all start by isolating us from oth ..read more

We’ve never been here before. Our world today is very different and in many ways, quite frightening. We’ve all heard it said in recent months that, “There are no rules anymore.” We don’t know what to expect today will bring, much less tomorrow. Our usual routines, habits, and social interactions are all changed. The resulting uncertainty is overwhelming and anxiety provoking. We are creatures of habit and depend on predictability, structure, and the habits that provide routine. The human brain is an incredible information-processing organ. We seek predictability so we do not have to continuous ..read more