June 27th is the National PTSD Awareness Day. It is a day to recognize the effects that PTSD has on the lives of everyone affected by it. This day was chosen in 2010 by the United States following then-Sen. Kent Conrad’s efforts to designate a day of awareness as a... 
We can all sympathize with a friend who cancels plans because of a sick day. Few people expect a sick friend to show up for coffee! Anxiety, unfortunately, doesn’t always work the same way. When we need to cancel plans because we feel anxious, it can be easy to worry... 
Congratulations on your retirement. After working for so many years, you’ve earned the opportunity to relax! But, for many people, retirement can start to feel overwhelming very quickly. If you’ve worked most of your life, you probably looked forward to this time.... 
Who’s Fault Was It? As I talked about in this blog post, there are three broad reasons why bad things happen in our lives—the results of our choices, the consequences of someone else’s behaviors, and the natural effects of living in an imperfect, mortal world with... 
You’re unhappy, in distress, and trying to figure out how to move forward. It is easy to fall into the self-blame trap. Could this have been avoided if only you’d done something different? Was it someone else’s fault? Perhaps you were just a victim of plain old bad... 