Dissociation and Trauma
Have you ever had a bad experience and then try really hard not to think about it afterwards? Our brains, in an effort to protect us, employs one of its most creative and clever coping strategies to help you with this – Dissociation. What is Dissociation? Dissociation is when your brain places a mental block between your awareness and parts of your life that feel too scary to face. It is a state of disconnection from the here and now....
Chronic Pain And Mental Health – Everything You Need To Know
It is no secret that our country is experiencing a health crisis. In fact, 1 in 5 Americans suffer from chronic pain, and over half of Americans report living in pain each year…. This is an astounding number of people… Living in pain… Their mental health being negatively impacted on a daily basis. Our mind * body * soul are all connected so it makes sense if our bodies are in pain, our minds and our souls will be unaligned as well....
How To Stand Up For Yourself
Something that many, many of struggle with is standing up for ourselves. The truth is, learning how to stand up for yourself actually betters your mental health and means you are looking out for your own well-being, respecting and honoring your self-worth. The thing is, when we are too passive during a difficult situation, we end up feeling like we have been walked all over and we’ve let ourselves down. We start feeling like doormats...
Are You Experiencing A Midlife Crisis?
Though aging is the biggest blessing of all, it can also lead to feelings of depression, remorse and anxiety, causing many people to do things out of their character. Our society has given a name to these feelings, this phase of life in which we try to feel youthful again as we struggle to come to terms with the fact that we are closer to the end than to the beginning. That is a Midlife Crisis. We’ve all heard about them, many have...
Signs Your Child May Be On Drugs
Kids are overdosing at the highest rate ever now. There are more kids taking prescription pills, making trending drinks to numb themselves now than ever before. So we really need to be aware of it. Have you heard of the latest trend called Lean or sizzurp? Thanks to some NFL influencers, teens are overdosing on mixing cough syrup with codeine, soda and gummy candies to ‘have a good time’. Or taking street pills laced with fentanyl. Or...
What Everyone Should Know About Stalking
Have you ever been stalked? Do you have a friend who has? Are you worried a friend/family member or someone you know may be stalking someone else? It is estimated that 13.5 million people are stalked every year in the USA. Nearly 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men have experienced stalking at some point in their lives. It comes in many different vile forms. Though all states list stalking as a crime, it is very rarely, and very hard, to...
What Is Financial Abuse?
The least spoken about form of abuse, yet the #1 reason people stay in or return to an abusive relationship is Financial Abuse. Generally when people talk about abuse, one’s mind goes to physical, sexual, emotional, but we never seem to talk about the financial abuse that is present in nearly every (more than 99%) of domestic violence cases. What is Financial Abuse? Financial abuse is the control of one’s ability to acquire, use...
5 Things You Never Knew About Insomnia
Almost all of us have trouble sleeping from time to time. Think about those times for a second, when you struggled to fall asleep, stayed up most of the night, kept waking up for one thing or another. How did you feel the next day? Now imagine that happening at least 4 times a week (if not every night) for over 3 months… That is insomnia and for the more than 70 million American adults who live with this condition, it affects many...
Sex Addiction
Just like drug, alcohol and gambling addictions, sex can be an addiction too, just as nasty as the others. And usually, it is completely misunderstood and hard to diagnose. The difference between having a high sex drive and having a sex addiction is that sex (whatever form it takes for the person) becomes so important that is begins to negatively impact your life – your job, relationships, hobbies. With over 30 million people...
BlogHer Health Event
We got to attend an awesome event at Rolling Greens On Mateo Nursery hosted by BlogHer She Media! They brought together a wonderful a-list blend of thought leaders, educators and women who love to get social and share their knowledge. It was a beautiful LA day filled with lots of great info, products to get to know and new friends to make! Check it out below as we go live on Conscious Straight Talk With Katie &...
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