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We all want to know more about ourselves: our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, obstacles. Hey, that’s why you clicked on this article, right? It’s natural to want to get to know yourself, as self-awareness is the key to unlocking potential in your life in many different areas. As Aristotle says, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
re you or your youth a fan of social media? Particularly Tik-Tok? If so, this article is for you. There has been a recent trend of discussing mental health on social media platforms. As the typical youth spends roughly 7-9 hours a day on a screen, it is likely that they may have been exposed to the #MentalHealth side of Tik-Tok. There are roughly 18 billion views under this section of Tik-Tok alone.
Many of us have read the parenting books that discuss types of parenting. Most of the time, parenting will be broken down into four distinct categories: neglectful parenting, permissive parenting, authoritative parenting, and authoritarian parenting. What if I told you that it could be simpler than this? As simple as trust and fear?
Do you ever get to the end of a truly exhausting day, having worked 10 plus hours, taken the kids back and forth to practices, cooked dinner, made an attempt to straighten up the house and FINALLY gotten to bedtime and then, instead of falling blissfully asleep, you stay awake on your phone or watching TV or doing something (for yourself finally!) until the wee hours of the morning?
When providing treatment, I believe it is imperative for clients to not only develop subjective insight into themselves, but also to objectively understand what is going on in the brain. Neuroscience explains the physiological barriers (and opportunities), behind difficulties in changing undesirable behavior.
