Rather than saying, “This shouldn’t be happening.”, one of the things we can do is say, “This is happening and how can I accept it as best as possible?”.
In this Minute of Mindfulness with Mia, learn how to create some moments of mindfulness through controlled breathing, concentrating on what you want in your life, and what you want out.
Mia Elwood, offers her “Ode to a Social Worker” as she accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arizona chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.
Welcome to another Minute of Mindfulness with Mia. Today, we’re at the ocean!
We’re going to do a sensory awareness exercise today that will help us be in the present moment.
We’re going to do a sensory awareness exercise today that will help us be in the present moment.
Mindfulness is a great return to the moment because we can find whatever we need in that moment.
Today we’re going to talk about doing what you can do versus what you can’t.
Loving-kindness meditations are all about allowing ourselves to have the things like joy and happiness in our life.
What is your first memory have shame? Perhaps it is from childhood after being placed in your first time-out. Or maybe you remember it more clearly in your teenage years. Whatever it may be, shame is a feeling we all struggle with and it is essential that we learn about overcoming shame and the steps to take to recover from it.
Are you part of the transgender community or do you identify yourself as being transgender? Do you have a healthy relationship with food? With your body?
For individuals and families struggling with eating disorders, the holidays can be a particularly difficult time of year. There are expectations, family members who say the wrong things, and celebrations that focus on a meal.
Healthy Futures started offering individualized movement and exercise therapy and eating disorder programs in January of 2015. Their exercise wellness plans are designed specifically for people that are struggling with an eating disorder.
Often, the children who suffer from ARFID experience a choking sensation from the smells or the feeling of certain foods in their mouths. Vomiting is also not unusual. The experience of these sensations leads to the child avoiding or restricting certain foods. Malnutrition then becomes an issue with this disorder.
Unfortunately, bullying in schools is common. It typically occurs in places out of view of an adult, such as on the playground, on the school bus, in the cafeteria, hallways or locker rooms. And, in this modern society, it also happens via technology on social media.
Are your emotions controlling you? Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a highly effective research-based treatment designed by Dr. Marsha Linehan to help those struggling with eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, and trauma to cope with life’s stresses.
Would you know what to do when you recognize depression or anxiety with some eating disorder behavior in a loved one? In the following video, Dr. Kim DiRé of Healthy Futures in Scottsdale, Arizona offers tips to help you get your loved one the help he or she needs.
Traumatic experiences are not just for war heroes. Trauma can be experienced in many ways. It can come from specific events or a series of events. And, it can present from pre-verbal times or events from which we have no memory.
When you think of Somatic Experiencing Therapy, do you think of some kind of voodoo therapy? Think you will be touched the whole time? Well, those are some of the myths about Somatic Experiencing.
When appropriate, Bariatric surgery is a great tool for achieving weight loss. But, we’ve all heard how so many have “put all that weight back on” after surgery.
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