Selena Gomez Reaching Out for DBT

Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Even celebrities are fallible and have room for change toward effectiveness. With any lifestyle, one that’s busy or of leisure, distressing emotions could come up and effect your day. Dialectical…

Netflix Time! ‘Nanette’ by Hannah Gadsby

Photo Courtesy of Netflix Do you have Netflix? Do you know someone who does? Have you heard of Hannah Gadsby? Have you heard of Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix stand up special ‘Nanette’? If not, I highly recommend checking it out. It is an…

DBT Skills Group Effectiveness!

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy is not a forever-treatment that one is in for their whole life. When only looking at DBT skills groups, a study showed the effectiveness of DBT skills group on “reducing negative thoughts, feelings and behaviors,…

Take a Five

Dan Harris, from Good Morning America, was interviewed about his personal experience with anxiety and his new book, “10% Happier,” and shared a brief exercise on how to practice mindfulness daily. So why not give it a try: “Find a…

Connect Through Being Mindful

Researchers have found a correlation between an increase of mindfulness in those experiencing a wider range of emotions with improved health; and no affect shown on the specific types of emotions identified in the range. By increasing mindfulness…

Accumulate Positives

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” This phrase could also say, “All work and no play makes Jack more vulnerable to unwanted emotions.” Finding a balance in what we do each day and each week is important. We can put a toll…

Two Types of Judgments

We all make judgments, so why is it sometimes bad to be stating judgments? There are two types of judgments; judgments that are discriminating, and judgments that are evaluative. Judgments that are discriminating (i.e. I prefer X over Y)…

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently…

Finding the Meaning of Stress

Stress is a natural and inevitable part of life. And with many research studies on stress, there are a number of conclusions supporting the correlation that stress has negative effects on our bodies. It negatively affects our health, from increasing…

Best Local Hiking Areas and Hiking Trails

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Getting to know the numerous hiking trails in your area is an ideal way get some exercise while exploring the city. Here are a few in the Los Angeles area you may want to try: The Runyun Canyon Loop This three-mile round-trip trail is…