Mental Health Webinars

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The Truth About Trauma

Stress is a common thing for all of us to experience daily. However, if we’re unable to cope with disturbing events or have a strong response to extreme stress, it’s often considered trauma. It’s completely normal to feel affected by a traumatic

Coping With the Uncontrollable

2020 gave us plenty of unexpected events and turned our lives upside down in many ways. Whether we’ve experienced job loss, grief, loss of community, kids learning from home, or some combination of stressors, we’ve been handed a lot to deal with in

Ask Me Anything About Emotional Regulation and BPD

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is fundamentally a disorder of instability, whether in relationships, emotions, behavior, or self-regulation. These instabilities can impact not just our day-to-day, but our relationship with our loved ones. So

Love Your Life Through the Science of Happiness

So many of us want to be the people who leap out of bed and start the day with a giant smile and a genuine joy for what their day holds. The weight of our responsibilities and stressors may make this unbridled happiness seem like a difficult feat—or

Good Nights, Better Days—Sleep’s Relationship to Mental Health

Sleep is as essential to our health as eating, drinking, and breathing. Though many of us are sleep-deprived, those of us with mental health conditions are more likely to feel the impact of less sleep—and sleep problems tend to affect upwards of 80

Tips for Overcoming Self-Loathing

Self-hatred, or self-loathing, is a common and painful experience for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and related disorders. However, none of the major treatments specifically target this symptom. Treating severe, chronic self-

Understanding the Mind-Body Connection of Eating Disorders

The connection between our minds and our bodies is more powerful than we think and can impact our overall wellness. Our thoughts and beliefs can impact our bodies, and in turn, our bodies can affect our stress levels, sleep quality, and more. For

Find Your Way Back From Burnout

Not only is burnout an actual syndrome, but it’s everywhere. Chronic stress can be detrimental to physical health and mental health—and impacts the person experiencing the stress and those around them as well. So how can we identify burnout and