Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
Conflict in COVID-19
When disagreements come up at home during this season, how can we navigate tough moments? Whether in a pandemic or in the future...
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Welcome to the Monday Mental Health Moment! This blog is the ongoing library of our weekly email newsletter: concrete, actionable tools you can read and digest in just a few minutes. These original pieces, written by our own staff clinicians, complement your therapeutic work without bogging down your in-box. We hope you like these notes so much that you share them with friends and family members—but if you don’t, of course you can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up here.
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Nov 2, 2020
Maintaining Mental Health During Election Season: Relationship with Media
Mass media loves election season. During an election year, news, radio, television, and podcasts center on the Election Day buildup.
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Oct 26, 2020
Maintaining Mental Health During Election Season: Relationship with Others
Election season is fraught with strong opinions and conflicting belief systems.
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
- Oct 5, 2020
Agree to Disagree
In life, it’s inevitable that one will interact with someone who has a different view than you. Whether in the realm of politics....
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
- Sep 14, 2020
Are You a Relational Doormat?
Do you identify yourself as someone who is a doormat? Do you know someone (or are you) someone who allows people to socially step on you...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Sep 7, 2020
Mental Health in a Tumultuous Political Climate
Now more than ever, the country is politically divided, and issues within the political realm may have a serious effect on mental health.
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Aug 10, 2020
How to Deal with Anger
or some people, anger is a scary emotion that feels impossible to show. For others, anger can be a go-to emotion for a variety of...
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
- Jun 29, 2020
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
In preparing today’s Mental Health Moment, I drew from the song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.”
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Jun 22, 2020
Setting Boundaries: Pandemic Edition
You may have heard people talking about boundaries: the limits that we set with other people based on our own wants and needs.
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
- Mar 30, 2020
Swipe Right on Self-Restraint
A common phrase I hear among friends and social circles is “I just binge-watched [insert name of show]”. We live in a world where one can...
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
- Mar 2, 2020
Ten Ways to Say No
No means no. A challenge I have seen in friends and in myself is the ability to say “no.” Regardless of where that difficulty stems from...
Lou Lim, LMHC, REAT
- Jan 13, 2020
Surrendering versus Giving Up
There is a difference between surrendering and giving up. Although sometimes challenging, there is strength in knowing when something is not
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Dec 30, 2019
Creating Boundaries
Everyone has a limit for how much they are willing to give to others and what kind of treatment they accept from other people.
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Nov 25, 2019
Three Ways to Survive the Holidays
The holiday season is upon us, and while it can bring joy, connection, and love, it also presents challenges to mental health. Here are...
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Sep 16, 2019
How to Develop Work/Life Balance
With the rise of technology, many people find themselves working outside of their typical work hours.
Bethany Kregiel, LMHC
- Jul 22, 2019
Assertiveness: Changing Passive Responses
If you’re a passive person, it might be hard to ask for what you want or to create boundaries in your relationships.
Daphne Weaver, LMHC
- May 20, 2019
Pleasing Others
Are you a people pleaser? Many of us have the urge to make those around us happy or at the very least avoid ruffling feathers.
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