Women and Anxiety: Are Less Choices Better for Mental Health?
According to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA), from the time a girl enters puberty until she is about 50,… Read More
Postpartum, Menopause, & Women’s Health
Although both men and women experience mental health problems, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) reports that some mental health disorders, like anxiety and… Read More
Understanding Personality Disorders
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) reports that an estimated 9% of US adults have some type of personality disorder. But… Read More
How Toxic Femininity Harms
Have you ever had someone tell you to sit another way because your current posture was not “ladylike?” Or felt the pressure to spend hours… Read More
The Physical Health-Mental Health Connection
The connection between mental health and physical health is an often overlooked but (perhaps surprisingly) important component of wellness. “People with serious mental health conditions… Read More
What I Wish I’d Known as a Teenager
Lessons Learned about Mental Health I worried about grades as a teenager. I mean, I really worried. Today, I know this was not typical… Read More
The Connection between Your Fuel and Mental Health
When you think of management of your mental health, what comes to mind? Maybe you meditate or take yoga, perhaps you participate in group activities… Read More
How PTSD Treatment Cured my Back Pain and More on the Mind-Body Connection
I was diagnosed with osteoporosis in my early twenties. Why were my young bones already losing tissue? Women who struggle with anorexia nervosa, like me… Read More
Mutual Respect and The Power of Intimacy
By Dan Griffin, MA, Senior Fellow at The Meadows Power is a very interesting phenomenon. I remember having numerous conversations about the complex intersection of… Read More
Distorted Love: Adult Attachment Styles and Love Addiction
By Alexandra Katehakis, Ph.D.(c), MFT, CST-S, CSAT-S For decades, researchers have struggled to define the unconscious processes of irrational love paramount in myths and fairy… Read More