How to Let Go of Past Hurts
Life is often emotionally painful. And sometimes the pain we experience becomes embedded to such a degree that it negatively affects our emotional health. In this episode, we examine this kind of emot...
17 Jan 201924min
How to Make the Transition to Adulthood Easier
Transitioning from youth to adult is difficult, filled with changes that we are ill-prepared for. Often, we lack life skills, such as psychological and emotional tools to make this huge change easier....
10 Jan 201929min
Why New Year's Resolutions Don't Work
In this episode, you’ll meet a man who lost over 130 pounds and went on to become a transformational coach helping others to achieve the same goals. His success was not because of a New Year’s Resolut...
3 Jan 201924min
What Are Cognitive Distortions?
Cognitive distortions are lines of thinking that are based on untruths. Such thinking can cause misery in our lives. In this episode, Psych Central founder, Dr. John Grohol, explains many types of the...
27 Dec 201821min
How to Survive a “Not Bad” Christmas
There are many suggestions about how to survive a bad holiday. But what about those holidays that are not optimal, but not awful? Gabe and Vincent talk about how they are each spending Christmas this ...
20 Dec 201822min
A Delicious Ritual to Reduce Stress
This episode shares the story of a woman whose solution to stress involves regularly making challah, a traditional Jewish bread. Not only does the ritual of the making of the bread reduce stress, but ...
13 Dec 201823min
Growing Up With a Mentally Ill Parent
Growing up with a mentally ill parent can be a traumatic experience for any child. Ally Golden discusses her life growing up with a mentally ill mother, and the psychological trauma that resulted for ...
6 Dec 201827min
Defying Bipolar Disorder
Charita Cole Brown’s goal in writing a book was to show that people can live well with bipolar disorder, despite how it is often portrayed in the media. She shares her story, as well as her views on t...
29 Nov 201826min
