Cats or dogs? One way or another, nearly everyone seems to have a strong opinion about this debate. My entire life I have been an animal...

Albert Bandura created a fascinating social learning theory based on the premise that a key way that we learn is by observing and...

New beginnings are scary. The feelings of anxiety and uneasiness can be overwhelming. "What if my coworkers don’t like me?" "What if I...

A few weeks ago, on a particularly frigid winter day, I threw on my jammies, set some logs in the fireplace and curled up on the sofa,...

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process, he does not become a monster.” -Friedrich Nietzsche So, how are you with...

CCA recently had Sam Calcaterra, RD, LDN, Director of Regional Outreach in from Alsana; an eating disorder recovery community and...

Scrupulosity. You hadn’t visited me for some time now. It's been at least seven years since I have experienced this grasping for...

We’ve all heard it said: “If someone wants to leave, let them go" "The right people will stay" "People are complicated.” Being abandoned...

Several years ago, a mischievous little boy became an internet sensation as he was caught in the act of sneaking a pre-dinner cupcake....

If you live in the Midwest, you spend approximately 30% of your life in a darkened wintery existence. Seasonal Affective Disorder impacts...

There are few stronger feelings than the feeling of jealousy. We can feel like we are secure individuals, but often relationships have a...

Last spring I broke my elbow, which put a damper on a lot of things...like A LOT of things. I slept in a recliner for weeks, because as...

I kid you not I had a lightbulb idea for a blog to write, and as I quickly ran to turn on my laptop, in the minute or so between...

I’m sure a lot of parents reading this can relate to the frustration behind your child feeling angry. I’m also sure the teens reading...

Are you a parent that struggles with a child who is a picky eater? This blog is for you! As a hypnotherapist, I have worked with children...

I was talking to a friend the other day who had asked my opinion on the kind of toll the pandemic took on people emotionally. I think...

There is something remarkable about September, a month that transitions us from the last hot, lazy, hours of summer into the orange and...

At 23 I lost my father to Leukemia. Well, that’s not exactly accurate, we lost him to fungal pneumonia. People often pass from an illness...

The world "vulnerable" can evoke a strong response. For some it can bring up that old dream of showing up to school in your underwear....

On August 8, 2016, I participated in my first Division 1 college football practice. I vividly remember the day being blistering hot and...