What does it take to become an ace golfer or chess whiz? Is the ability to speak multiple languages, rock at playing the violin, or write a bestseller reserved for the rare and gifted? In Mastery: How Learning Transforms Our Brains, Minds, and Bodies, noted psychologist and author Arturo E. Hernandez, Ph.D., reveals how the …
Lauri Quinn Loewenberg is a professional dream analyst and author of the book Dream on It, Unlock Your Dreams Change Your Life. She is best known as “Dream Expert to the stars” and has been featured on hundreds of radio stations across North America and the UK and on national television shows such as The …
Kim Cantin and her daughter survived an unimaginable loss. In January of 2018, heavy rainfall combined with deforestation from recent wildfires caused a series of mudflows northwest of the Montectio, California in 2018. The powerful mudslide took the lives of her beloved husband, son, dog and home. Through it all Kim’s love as a mother …
Here’s a way you can jumpstart a good mood for Mental Health Awareness Month: By immersing yourself in Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience (open in major cities throughout the country), which features some of the artist’s most famous spring paintings like Almond Blossoms, Fishing in Spring, and other iconic paintings like flowering orchard, sunflowers and …
“Story Merchant” Ken Atchity, head of Story Merchant Books and Atchity Productions, has more than 40 years of experience in the publishing world, and over 20 years in entertainment. “At the prompting of a marketing friend, I was advised to title this book, My Intensely Madcap, Lebanese/Cajun, Jesuit-Schizoid, Terminally Narcissistic, Food-Focused, East Coast/West Coast, Georgetown/Yale, …
In today’s world, anything you say, text, tweet, or post can go viral in an instant. Most of us know better than to blurt or rant our unfiltered feelings. So, why is it so hard to control our words? Why do simple discussions escalate so quickly? How can we prevent conversations from becoming confrontations? In …
Executive Mental Health Founded in 1996 by Dr. Ari Kalechstein, Executive Mental Health’s (EMH) team of 40+ fellowship-trained neuropsychologists and clinical psychologists provide clinical psychology and neuropsychology services for patients who experience a wide variety of mental health challenges. Known for providing excellent care, forming close relationships with patients, responding in an effective, timely manner to individual patient needs, …
Lori Maney Lentini, M.S. is a respected mental health advocate with a social media presence who lives with an anxiety disorder (a peer) and works as a Senior Vice President of a large not-for-profit agency in New York serving over 14,000 people a year with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse disorders. Her experience …
By Laurie Finklestein, author of Next Therapist Please Depression is never funny, but that doesn’t mean we can’t find humor in it. That’s how I live my life. Managing depression, anxiety, and OCD is daunting. To offset daily assaults, I turn to comedy. It’s a coping mechanism. My novel, Next Therapist Please, resulted from taking …