Health and Healing Therapy Blog
Articles written by Health and Healing Therapy therapists
4 Ways to Check in With your Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mental Health is important for people to live a full and meaningful life, cope with everyday stressors, and be able to work productively. This month is a month to raise awareness for mental health and wellbeing - the first step you can take is to reflect on yours....

How To Validate Your Teen’s Feelings
Validating another person is when you recognize another person’s feelings and thoughts. It is especially important to validate teens because they can feel misunderstood at times. Validation shows teens that we are listening, we understand them, we can talk about their...

Do You Suffer from Anxiety?
Anxiety is a normal reaction that everyone experiences in response to different experiences and situations. Anxiety can help you prepare for that big job interview you have coming up, the important paper you have to complete, or the presentation you have to give at...

How to Make Friends as an Adult
As an adult, it can be difficult to find and make friends. Maybe you moved to a new state, you are looking to make new friends, or want to branch out and make new friends with similar hobbies as you. All of these are reasons why you would want to find friends as an...

How to get Restful Sleep with Sleep Hygiene Tips
Experiencing sleep disturbances, such as having a hard time falling asleep at night, frequently waking up throughout the night, and falling asleep during the day are all signs that we may need to re-evaluate our sleep hygiene. Re-evaluation of our sleep hygiene...

5 Challenges in Relationships when you are Highly Sensitive
A highly sensitive person is someone who has more sensitivity to physical, emotional, or social stimuli. Typically, a highly sensitive person will feel things very intensely. This can look like picking up the feelings of others and having difficulty separating them...

Keeping Cool When Your Child Pushes Your Buttons
As a parent, it can be difficult to stay cool, calm, and collected when your child does something that pushes your buttons. You may feel like you are about to lose it or explode, or you may feel extremely burnt out. Feeling this way can lead to an increased chance of...

5 Apps to Help with Anxiety
Everyone experiences anxiety in their life. Anxiety is a normal reaction in response to stressful situations such as an interview, presentation, or tough conversation. Anxiety can also be experienced when transitioning into something new in your life, such as...

The Therapeutic Power of Pets
Animals are amazing creatures that roam the Earth, a beautiful presence of life we often take for granted. We typically see them every day in the outdoors, and, at some point in our history on the planet, decided to bring them home and add them to our own families. By...

6 Parenting Tips to Help Your Child Who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Succeed
You may ask yourself, “What do I have to do to get my child to do their homework, do their chores, eat right, stop forgetting things, and just be successful?!?” Parents may hit this wall with their child and feel like they are failing as a parent because their child...