The Art of Balance

The holiday season is in full swing, in all it's fun and stressful buzz. To-do lists are growing, time is ticking, and there are so many places to go and things to do. As exciting as it is, it can be quite overwhelming to manage it all. Help is here! On the latest edition of Everyday Experts I'm speaking with Joanna, who has joyously mastered the Art of Balance. Listen now or read highlights of the interview, and get insight into the attitudes, actions and life lessons of a plate-spinning queen.

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How To Be Happy

Usually when I ask someone “What do you want to get out of therapy?” they tell me that they “just want to be happy.” Feeling unhappy is incredibly common. While there are times when our feelings of sadness and dissatisfaction are telling us that it’s time to make changes and grow, it is also true that there are also ways to help yourself feel happier, no matter what your circumstances.

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Nutrition and Your Mood

Many things factor in to how you feel. One big piece of this puzzle that has been largely overlooked in the past by the mental health community is the relationship between your nutrition and the way you think and feel. Being deficient in certain vitamins and nutrients has a huge impact on the way you feel, and what we are learning is that by treating these deficiencies many “mental health” symptoms can be relieved.

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Combating the "Facebook Affair" | Boundaries and Authenticity

The odds of an affair increase when the following ingredients are present: Secrecy, Fantasy, Availability & Dissatisfaction. Last time we talked about how to increase the levels of Transparency and Reality in your Facebooking life in order to combat Secrecy and Fantasy. Today we’ll talk about how to handle the last two risk factors: Availability and Dissatisfaction.

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Antidotes to the "Facebook Affair" | Transparency and Reality

Remember our affair-recipe from last week: Secrecy + Fantasy + Availability + Dissatisfaction = Affair? Here's how to target the first two ingredients: Secrecy and Fantasy. Doing so will help to make your relationship less vulnerable to a "Facebook Affair."

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