If you relate to feeling like you’ve let a deceased loved one down, you may find it helpful to think about them in a different way.
As you reflect back on those who have affected the person you’ve become, you can gain perspective on your future.
When you feel stuck in a negative mindset, you may need to force yourself to do things that can help you pull out of it.
If you are feeling at the edge of what you can handle, or even beyond it, learn how attending to your breathing can help relieve stress.
Taking time to notice and sit with everyday experiences of gratitude can help you to nurture some happiness no matter the struggles in your life.
Working together effectively is a matter of survival, and so being in each other’s good graces is essential, but is it problematic?
Guilt is the voice of your conscience telling you that you’ve “done wrong.” But have you?
Being single affords opportunities that you may not choose to – or be able to – pursue if you were part of a couple.
People often become so focused on their devices that they lose sight of how technology could allow them to enjoy more fulfilling or pleasurable activities.
You’ve heard the casual advice to “let it go.” But what does it really mean? Can you really do it? And, is it helpful?
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Dr. Becker-Phelps is a licensed psychologist in NJ and NY, and is on staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset. She is dedicated to helping people understand themselves and what they need to do to become emotionally and psychologically healthy. She accomplishes this through her work as a psychotherapist, speaker and writer. She is the author of Bouncing Back from Rejection and Insecure in Love .
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