Happy Brain Counseling Blog

Happy New Year! Coming up with resolutions for the new year has become sort of a tradition, but are you creating good resolutions that will benefit your mind, body, and spirit? Negative resolutions such as “I want to lose 20 pounds,” “I want to be in a relationship,”...

The Book of Self-Care by Mary Beth Jansen bills itself as a compendium of “remedies for healing mind, body and soul.” In her last chapter, “come back to your senses,” she discusses how you can utilize your five senses in your daily life to improve your overall...

Do you notice that you secretly judge others? For example, you notice that a co-worker has a chosen to wear a stunning red dress to the work Christmas party and you think, That is so inappropriate for a work function. Who is she trying to impress? Or your sister tells...

Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental disorder seen in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States or roughly 18% of the population. When that anxiety escalates to a panic attack, sometimes seemingly out of nowhere, it can turn your world,...

Think about your holiday experience, if you will. Do you notice the bright colors, ringing bells, cheerful chatter and uplifting music? OR do you feel harried from place to place, unable to keep up with too much work and holiday preparations, that you are spending...

We feel grief from losing something that is important to us; it can be a job, a friend, a marriage, a family member or an animal. Watching someone we love die, person or animal, is obscenely cruel, yet somehow miraculous, simultaneously.  The pain we feel is intense...

Attention all golfers, did you know you all have access to a unique, awesome ability that will improve your game tremendously? What is this potentially untapped power, you ask? It’s simple. It’s the power of your own mind, more specifically your subconscious mind. And...

Many of us have our feet firmly planted on the path of self improvement and personal development while others may frequently wander on and off that particular, bumpy road. Regardless, I believe we all generally want more for ourselves; better relationships, more...

"The unexamined life is not worth living." I've always been intrigued by this statement from Socrates. The moment it first touched my ears, it had the sweet, clear ring of truth to it. Perhaps it's the reason I became a therapist. I routinely examine my life and...

When I was a little girl, I loved and feared my parents. Perhaps, fear was predominate. If you are 35 or older, very likely your parents raised you the same way. It was the era of Authoritarian Parenting, with strict boundaries and rules about what you can and cannot...