by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 27, 2020 | Relationships
The Coronavirus pandemic is causing tremendous stress on our economy, which translates into financial troubles in households across America. How can you and your spouse handle it together? In the best of times, money is an explosive topic for most couples. So what...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, Depression Treatment
Bored and Fragile: Handling this Next Phase of Quarantine is Hard I will admit it: I was almost annoying positive during weeks 1 through 3 of quarantine. I made my list of healthy things to do, I used my Crest White Strips for the first time in months, and I tackled...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 18, 2020 | Depression Treatment, Health
Did you know that taking a probiotic (sometimes called a psychobiotic) to improve your gut health can lessen anxiety and depression? We’re used to thinking of the mind as the ultimate source of emotional health but it turns out that our bodies are more complex...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 15, 2020 | CBT, Health
A weighted blanket can relieve anxiety and help you sleep. When I passed by a display of weighted blankets on sale in CVS back in January, I assumed they were part of a fad that was on its way out. Then the pandemic hit, leaving us more in need of self-soothing,...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 10, 2020 | Online Counseling
Between your work going totally online and binge-watching the Tiger King, you may be on tech-overload. Of the many things to be grateful for during this pandemic quarantine, ranking on the list is all of the tech we have access to. Thank goodness for the Internet,...
