Category Archives: Depression

How present are you during this time of year?  Are you so busy that you lose touch with the meaning of the season?  Are you too stressed out to really enjoy time with your family?  Do you struggle to remember what it’s all about?  Is it difficult to stay focused on the joy and hope(read more)

Being able to pay attention improves all aspects of our lives including memory, learning, relationships, stress levels, and overall mental and physical health. People have trouble concentrating for a variety of reasons.  Poor concentration is a hallmark of ADHD and is a symptom of depression, anxiety, and poor sleep.  Feeling stressed and time pressured can(read more)

If you are like most people you want to keep your brain as healthy as possible for as long as possible.  It is sobering to hear that a British study found that our brain’s ability to reason and remember starts to decline as early as age 45.  The good news is that we can take(read more)

Mindfulness meditation consists of skills and methods to unplug from the busy world around you and from the busy ‘monkey brain’ so often experienced in today’s life and particularly in ADHD, anxiety and depression. According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness meditation trains and reinforces the ability to pay attention to the present moment, on purpose which helps(read more)

Is Negative Self Talk Holding You Back? by Debra Burdick, LCSW What is ‘negative self talk’?  Negative self talk is a pattern of talking to yourself either out loud or inside your head that consists of statements that are not only negative but usually inaccurate and self defeating.  Negative self talk stems from negative thinking and(read more)

Let’s talk about listening. Truly listening. Not only to those around you but to your inner wisdom, your intuition, your higher power. Are you listening? I learned to listen by experience to go within and to know how to connect with and communicate with my inner being. Some say that prayer is asking for what(read more)

Most of us in New England and certainly here in Connecticut have heard of Lyme Disease.  It got its name from Lyme, CT as it was first officially identified there.  There are certain geographic regions where Lyme Disease is more abundant but according to the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), the disease is(read more)