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Tools for Navigating Big Feelings

How to be OK (for now) when things don’t feel OK. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ KEY POINTS In a divided world, managing big emotions constructively can foster growth and strengthen relationships. Self-regulation techniques, such as mindful breathing and self-compassion, can help us heal ...

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Struggling with Election Anxiety?

Here are three simple tools to reset your core emotions and thrive. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ KEY POINTS Yes, election anxiety is a real thing. It wasn’t good in 2020, and it is back big time. People can learn how to tolerate the ...

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Anxious, Depressed, Stressed?

How challenges experiencing satisfying pleasure sabotages well- being. KEY POINTS: Anhedonia is the diminished ability to experience satisfying pleasures.  It is common among various mental health issues. Addressing anhedonia is key to improving mental health and sexual well- being. Prescribing ...

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Unraveling the Controversy: Is Sex Addiction a Legitimate Diagnosis or a Misunderstood Phenomenon?

Unraveling the Controversy: Is Sex Addiction a Legitimate Diagnosis or a Misunderstood Phenomenon? One of the biggest debates in the field of human sexuality is whether sex addiction is a real thing. Some colleagues adamantly deny that the label “addiction’ ...

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Why Orgasms Matter

New developments for women navigating challenges KEY POINTS Sexual satisfaction is now considered an important factor contributing to overall well-being by the WHO. It is widely acknowledged that the most important single predictor of sexual satisfaction for women is orgasm. ...

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Why good grief matters
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Why Good Grief Matters

It is important that we cultivate our ability to tolerate painful feelings, the most intense of which, by far, is grief. In this blog, I will address the neuroscience of grief.

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