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How Parents Can Help Without Helping OCD Supporting your child while stepping out of reassurance, rituals, and avoidance By Kayla Ineich, LLMSW Once parents begin recognizing the OCD pattern, the next question is usually immediate: “What am I supposed to do when my child is genuinely distressed?” The answer can feel counterintuitive. When someone you…

Inside the OCD Cycle: What It Can Feel Like and Why It’s So Hard to Let Go Why ordinary fear and doubt can turn into an exhausting search for relief By Kayla Ineich, LLMSW For parents and caregivers, OCD may first become noticeable in many different ways. A child may repeatedly check or redo something,…

The Link Between Anxiety and Social Media: What Emerging Adults Should Know In today’s digital world, social media has become nearly inseparable from daily life—especially for young adults. Platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and X (formerly Twitter) offer constant access to social interaction, entertainment, and information. While these tools can be valuable in staying connected,…

5 Ways to Find a Therapist 5 Ways to Find a Therapist 5 Ways to Find a Therapist How do I find a therapist? That, is the question. Think about the following situation: It’s late at night, and once again you can’t sleep. Your thoughts are starting to get away from you again. Maybe it’s…

How to Cope with Anxiety How to Cope with Anxiety How to Cope with Anxiety What is anxiety? On some level, anxiety is a good thing. Anxiety has allowed humans to survive this long. Our body has a natural alarm system which lets us know if something is going wrong or if something doesn’t feel…

7 Areas to Practice Self-Care 7 Areas to Practice Self-Care 7 Areas to Practice Self-Care Self-Care Self-care is a critical component for living a healthy life full of joy and fulfillment. Unfortunately, we often feel like we are just too busy to be mindful of all parts of ourselves. Practicing self-care is practicing self-love. I’ve…

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Ikigai What do you want to do with your one precious life? I came across this word while working at Toyota. The Japanese language comes…

3 Ways to Reduce Stress Using Mindfulness 3 Ways to Reduce Stress Using Mindfulness It’s another day at work, and you get one of those emails. You know… one of those emails. Maybe the email is from a coworker, or from one of your bosses. Either way, it’s the email that you get about once per day,…

3 Steps to Finding Greater Meaning in Life 3 Steps to Finding Greater Meaning in Life 3 Steps to Finding Greater Meaning in Life What is meaning? What am I truly passionate about? What continues to get me up every morning, when I could just continue sleeping? According to Irvin D. Yalom, “The sole purpose…

Why Do I Keep Making Bad Decisions? Why Do I Keep Making Bad Decisions? Why Do I Keep Making Bad Decisions? Decision Making and Cognitive Distortions Often we know what the right decision is. We know that we need to eat well, sleep more, exercise regularly, work on our relationships, work on ourselves, but for…