The Problem with Pathologizing

I hear more and more people describing experiences and narratives of sadness or heightened stress as depression and anxiety.  While anxiety can get away with being a term used to describe a feeling of nervousness, depression, in my opinion, is a much more...

Fighting The Post-Holiday Blues

My mother, intrigued, informed me the other day that Martin Luther King weekend marks what many psychologists call the beginning of the holiday blues. Essentially, this is because all of the joyful winter holidays and festivities have come to a close until around...

Dreading the Holidays: Unhealthy Communication

Our next topic in our dreading the holidays series is unhealthy family communication. Holidays with the family can be difficult because there may be poor communication patterns between any variety of family members.  I see this a lot with family members that want...