Mental Health affects everyone says Youth Activists.
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Filled with secrets from a therapist’s toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times.
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The desire to love and be loved and feel valued is universal. Seems easy enough, but for most people it is a constant, and often silent, struggle. Toxic emotions such as fear, resentment, guilt, and shame drain your energy, deflate the spirit, and make you feel stuck.
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Whether you're terrified of public speaking or you have claustrophobia, fears and phobias can take a toll on your life. On this Friday Fix, I share a therapist-approved strategy that can help you conquer your fears once and for all.
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Accepting help from others when you have a cancer diagnosis isn’t a sign of weakness.
Coping with cancer is hard. It is an emotional ordeal as well as a physical one, with known and somewhat predictable psychological responses. And yet, patients often feel isolated and alone when dealing with the stress, anxiety, depression, and existential crises so typical with a cancer diagnosis.
This compassionate book presents dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a proven psychological intervention that Marsha M. Linehan developed specifically for the impossible situations of life--and which she and Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz now apply to the unique challenges of cancer for the first time.
Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.
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Self-defeating behavior is the single most common reason that people seek psychotherapy. It is a poison, preventing us from achieving the love, success and happiness we want in our lives.
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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela