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What Makes Leaving Abusive Relationship Difficult with Bahareh Sahebi
In an interview with Empowering Conversationz, Dr. Bahareh Sahebi shares her personal story of leaving home at the age of 15 because she couldn’t tolerate her abusive father anymore.
Rethinking Yelling
It’s hard to find a parent who has never yelled. Yelling seems a kind of natural impulse, perhaps originally an evolutionary survival instinct when we’re faced with a serious threat or danger. Consider the moment when a loud shout is necessary to stop a toddler racing toward a busy street or about to overturn a pot of hot soup simmering on the stovetop. Moments like these tend…
Thinking of Coming Out to Your Family During the Holidays?
Making the decision to come out as LGBTQ to family or friends is one of the biggest and most vulnerable steps a queer person can take. Dr. Samuel Allen shares helpful tips to help navigate the process.
Invisible Support
Research reported in the Journal of Psychological Science (December, 2010) describes two types of support in a relationship: visible (when both partners notice the supportive actions) and invisible (when support originates outside the recipient's awareness).
How to Apologize Meaningfully, According to Experts
Emily Klear shared tips to help you apologize in a meaningful, reparative way.
Navigating Mental Health Crises
One of the many things we’ve learned over the past two years is that crises happen. And no matter the type of crisis, knowing what to expect can help. This is especially key in responding to mental health crises, which have many moving parts and often involve the emergency room. In fact, from 2006 to 2014, one in eight visits to the ER were due to mental health or substance…
Flip the Tense
Imagine you’re preparing a recipe that calls for two cups of flour. You open your pantry cabinet to retrieve the bag of flour and notice that the top of the bag is half-open. You’ve seen this before: it’s how your partner always leaves the bag, exposed to the air and, in your view, compromising freshness. You feel irritated.
Pandemic Burnout
Has being a parent of school-age children ever been tougher than during this Covid-19 pandemic? It’s no surprise that a February 2021 survey found that nearly half of parents (48%) reported an increase in their level of stress compared with before the pandemic.i Substantial numbers of mothers and fathers say that their mental health has suffered during this period, with…