Just like women’s, men’s mental health issues are heavily influenced by historical, economical, political, and cultural factors. Emotional suffering or psychological pain is often made worse by keeping the struggles in. This silence almost always creates disconnection in relationships and creates isolation. However, boys and men have often been socialized to figure problems out by themselves, or … [Read more...] about 6 Common Reasons Men Seek Therapy
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How to Understand One Another When the Stakes are High: Managing Conflicting Values in Relationships
The art of agreeing to disagree with others with is necessary to maintain healthy relationships with colleagues, neighbors, friends, and that uncle who uses the Thanksgiving dinner table as his opportunity to convert you to his personal ideology - but what happens when the disagreements involve the person closest to you? When partners disagree on topics that get filed under “core values”, it might … [Read more...] about How to Understand One Another When the Stakes are High: Managing Conflicting Values in Relationships
Prioritizing Friendships as Moms: 3 Strategies to Fitting in More Time with Friends
Moms are chronically overworked, like the kind of overworked that if there was a government watchdog agency monitoring us, someone would need to intervene for our wellbeing. The pandemic has only exacerbated this by adding work-from-home, virtual school, childcare uncertainties, and a serious lack of connection with other humans, the ones that fill our cups, make us laugh until our face hurts, and … [Read more...] about Prioritizing Friendships as Moms: 3 Strategies to Fitting in More Time with Friends
Coping with Continuous Traumas in Uncertain Times
As I sit in the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in this country, trying to absorb the gravity of the news that 14 second, third and fourth graders and one educator are dead. As of now, one 10-year-old girl is fighting for her life; it’s early, there might be more. As the parent of an 11-year old boy, this is worse for me than others, as painful as the rest have been. Less than 2-weeks ago, … [Read more...] about Coping with Continuous Traumas in Uncertain Times
Code-switching (Fawning): A Race-based Traumatic Stress Response
What’s the password? We enter these secret codes daily. Why? It’s all about protection, us wrapping our precious information and assets with padded, warm layers of security. We use codes to prevent or annihilate pesky threats like the strongest insecticide. We use them like fences—cueing strangers to keep out and respect our privacy. Overall, secret codes and passwords are designed to enhance … [Read more...] about Code-switching (Fawning): A Race-based Traumatic Stress Response
Mother Dearest?: Understanding Covert Maternal Narcissism
“Mother knows best,” they say. Have you ever questioned the possibility that such a bold statement could’ve come straight from the maternal mouth of ‘mother dearest’? What if these words are just a ploy to make the world bow down and mindlessly adhere to the matriarch’s narcissistic regime? Whatever purpose this declaration serves, we know that it can be detrimental; it prevents the world … [Read more...] about Mother Dearest?: Understanding Covert Maternal Narcissism
