by Megan Hall | Apr 18, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma
Are We Addicted to Dopamine? These days, dopamine is taking the blame for just about everything—our phones, our procrastination, our inability to watch a movie without also scrolling Instagram. It’s the supposed villain behind short attention spans and compulsive...
by Megan Hall | Apr 17, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Trauma
Why Your Brain Has a Bad News Bias (and What That Has to Do with Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma) Have you ever had a perfectly decent day—maybe even a good one—but all you can think about is the awkward thing you said in a meeting? Or the one unread message that...
by Megan Hall | Apr 4, 2025 | Trauma
Bilateral stimulation (BLS) is a core technique in therapies like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), but the question remains: Why does BLS seem so effective in helping people heal from trauma? In this post,...
by Jess Fox | Feb 3, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Trauma
Sometimes I have a challenging time writing educational material about mental health. It is not because I don’t feel I have valuable information to share or that I don’t think providing this type of information is not helpful. It is because ultimately I am...
by Jess Fox | Jan 16, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma
The container meditation is a helpful meditation to use any time we are struck in rumination. When we are having difficulty with our thoughts wandering or we can’t stop thinking, problem solving or playing what ifs in our mind. The container meditation is also helpful...
by Megan Hall | Jan 11, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma, Women
Challenging Perfectionism in Therapy Many of us struggle with the heavy pressure to be perfect. It can show up in countless ways—anxiety, self-criticism, or unrealistic expectations that make us feel like we’re constantly falling short. Perfectionism—the...
