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What is the Difference between Depression and Sadness?
What is the Difference between Depression and Sadness?

In honor of National Anxiety and Depression Awareness week, let’s have a candid discussion about depression. Sometimes people call normal sadness as depression while other people may be experiencing depression but minimizing it as normal sadness. What is depression? How do I know if I or someone else is depressed? I hope to demystify clinical depression and help bring clarity to a serious issue that affects millions of people.

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How Do I Manage my Anxiety around the Coronavirus?
How Do I Manage my Anxiety around the Coronavirus?

We are living in turbulent times of uncertainty and anxiety is on the rise. The latest scare is the coronavirus infecting people across the world. What do you do when you are worried about the coronavirus all the time? I want to suggest a few helpful things to focus on if you are having difficulties with your anxiety.

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How do I create meaningful friendships?
How do I create meaningful friendships?

Friendships are important but not always easy to create. When people say they want a friend, I am guessing they want a meaningful relationship as opposed to some shallow one. So if meaningful friendships don’t just happen, what can I do? We explore two important ingredients that are crucial to creating the relationships you want!

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What if I am unhappy during the holidays?
What if I am unhappy during the holidays?

The holidays are here and there is this expectation that the only appropriate emotion is to be happy. What if you are not happy? What if you are experiencing sadness, anxiety, or frustration during the holidays? This article is aimed to normalizing these other emotions and provide some better understanding as to why people may not be happy during this time of year. Also how you can make things better for those who are suffering during the holidays.

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Understanding Self-Sabotage: What if your worst enemy is you?
Understanding Self-Sabotage: What if your worst enemy is you?

One of the most frustrating experiences is self-sabotage. What is self-sabotage? It is when you get in the way of your own success,. You do the very thing that sets you up to fail. When the poor decision and consequences are over, often people are left confused and very angry at themselves. Why does self-sabotage happen? How can I make it stop? Having a clearer understanding of self-sabotage may be the key to breaking the vicious cycle.

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