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The Teenage Brain: Understanding Anxiety and Depression in Teens, with Kasey Crist

1 Comment / Anxiety Help, Podcast, Teen Mental Health / By Doctor Jodi

Welcome to Anxiety, I’m So Done with You! podcast’s BONUS episode: The Teenage Brain with Kasey Crist, author of a book by that same name ‘The Teenage Brain: Understanding Anxiety and Depression in Teenagers’. https://amzn.to/46n2ptY It’s a guide for parents, counselors, and teenagers, and it is so jam-packed with resources that you are going to […]

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Understanding Empathy: A Powerful Skill with Amazing Benefits

Leave a Comment / Live Happier, Love Yourself, Relationships, Teen Mental Health / By Doctor Jodi

Empathy is the ability to understand and experience the feelings of another. It is a learnable skill that positively affects your relationships. Here are six ways empathy plays an essential role in human interaction Empathy dissolves conflicts. Understanding the perspectives and emotions of others alleviates frustration, blame, and defensiveness, clearing the path for conscious negotiation

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Write SMART Goals (S.M.A.R.T. Goals) for Success and Motivation

1 Comment / Anxiety Help, Live Happier, Love Yourself, Teen Mental Health / By Doctor Jodi

S.M.A.R.T. goals use a powerful framework to effectively set and achieve objectives. The acronym “S.M.A.R.T.” stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Watch the video to learn how to write SMART goals to motivate you and help you succeed. Transcription of S.M.A.R.T. Goals video: S.M.A.R.T. goals use a powerful framework to effectively set and

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Your Guide to Set SMART Goals

Leave a Comment / Live Happier, Live on Purpose, Love Yourself, Mindfulness, Teen Mental Health / By Doctor Jodi

Read on and watch the video to learn how to set SMART goals (S.M.A.R.T.) so that you work smarter (with more significant impact) instead of harder (with little to show for it). There are so many things we desire in this life, and there are two ways to think about realizing those desires: 1. Eliminate

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Creating Rituals – 6 Steps to Bring More Healing & Success Into Your Life

2 Comments / Intuitive Healing, Let it Go / By Doctor Jodi

Creating Rituals? Isn’t that woo-woo? Actually not really. Every culture has rituals. Rituals are just another word for ceremony. Ceremonies and rituals are used to honor, mark or celebrate people or groups and are held for so many different things, religious and not-at-all religious. Graduations, weddings, awards ceremonies, mass, family dinner, birthday parties, funerals, and

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Are high expectations good or bad?

12 Comments / Live Happier, Love Yourself / By Doctor Jodi

Are high expectations killing you? We expect ourselves to be perfect. To understand and read situations perfectly. To be cool. We expect to stay in the same size clothes. Or finally fit into smaller ones. We expect to write beautifully. We expect to set goals and follow through on them. Keep our house neat. Cook

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