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​As we are all in this time of uncertainty where couples are being forced to spend day and night with one another, it is understandable that tensions may run high. Finding the balance of giving one another space without appearing closed-off or rude can be difficult but not impossible. There are a few steps that will help you and your spouse live harmoniously with one another.

One of the basic premises of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is what you think will affect how you feel and what you do. Your thoughts, feelings, and behavior are connected. Changing your behavior could be as simple as changing your thoughts about a situation (reframing it), therefore changing the way you feel about it, which produces another set of behaviors.

When you first begin a relationship with a person who suffers from anxiety, likely, you do not fully understand what their condition is like for them. Loving someone with anxiety can be an exceptionally rewarding relationship, but without proper education and experience it can feel overwhelming. Anxiety can be as isolating to the sufferer as it is on those around them.

There is so much going on in the world right now with changes. Most of us are experiencing major adjustments to work and home life. It's important to keep an eye on how you are feeling. Have you ever unexpectedly begun to experience symptoms that are related to depression?

Do you feel anxiety come on suddenly? Do you wish that you could overcome your anxiety quickly in order to move on with your life? Here are four tips from anxiety counseling to get over anxiety fast!

​Now more than ever is the time to take care of your mental health. We are faced, as a society, with an unprecedented pandemic which is causing turmoil in people’s personal and professional lives. The coronavirus pandemic and its effects have been life altering for all of us. For those of us that have children, it has turned our lives upside down and turned many of us into homeschooling teachers. Out of fear, it has turned many of us into survival and catastrophe preppers. It has made us concerned for our health and the health of our loved ones.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapy that helps restructure negative thought patterns and behaviors into positive, constructive ones. It starts by identifying distorted thoughts and thought processes that can lead to repetitive cycles. Once you pinpoint the first thought and subsequent ones, you can dispute the validity of the ideas. The helpful thought replaces the unhelpful one, giving you a new route of thinking. In CBT you learn to recognize each type of thinking, which allows you to question it, knowing that it is not truthful or helpful.

​Whether we have to wade through the mess of symptoms ourselves or watch a loved one have to deal with them, there is no denying that Anxiety Attacks are scary, difficult, annoying, monstrous things. A common symptom of these attacks that is particularly difficult to fight is a feeling of disconnect, or a feeling of being "ungrounded." While there is no way to completely stop an attack before it begins, there are a number of exercises you can do to pull yourself - or a loved one - out of the worst of it.

Many of us think that happiness is a very active feeling. We assume that in order to be happy, you have to be running around doing a bunch of things and achieving a lot. And although happiness can be found in this kind of activity, it can also be found in a cozy, restful, centered way of spending your time. And this is what the Danes refer to as hygge.

Becoming a mother, although one of the greatest pleasures in life, can also be incredibly stressful. Not only does your body have to go through a lot with giving birth and breastfeeding (or even using breast pumps, if that's what you choose to do) but you also have to take care of your child 24/7. Even with a helpful partner, the stress can be too much for many new moms who end up suffering from post-partum depression. Read more for some tips to take care of yourself as a new mom.