Childhood is supposed to be a time that is carefree and fun. It’s a time of learning, growing physically and developmentally, and not having any worries overall. Unfortunately, this isn’t the experience that all children have. When you are a caregiver, teacher, or parent of a child who has gone through something traumatic, you want to help them in any way you can.

In today’s fast-paced world, the pressure to perform well at work might make you feel more stressed than normal. Whether you’ve got looming deadlines or a demanding boss, the workplace can sometimes get overwhelming. However, it’s important to remember that feeling anxious about work is manageable.

If you’re prone to anxiety, you know how overwhelming it can feel. While talking to a mental health professional is an important way of treating anxiety, it’s also good to have techniques you can use both in the moment and as lifestyle changes that can reduce your anxiety naturally.

If you’ve just been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, you might feel like your world has been turned upside down. The prospect of getting on mood-stabilizing medication can make you wonder whether you’ll truly be yourself again.

If you’ve been through a relationship that traumatized you, the breakup might not mean the end of your pain. Moving on after relationship trauma, whether it’s from abuse, infidelity, or a toxic dynamic, might feel impossible at first. But by shifting the focus to healing, self-compassion, and self-discovery, you’ll be more prepared for healthier relationships in the future.

If someone you love has been struggling with anxiety, you might not know where to start. Watching someone experience the worst effects of anxiety, such as panic attacks, can be alarming. It’s important to approach someone with anxiety with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to learn.

Grief can cause intense emotional reactions that may catch you off guard. You might experience sudden outbursts of anger, overwhelming sadness, or numbness and detachment. These feelings can also feel disproportionate to the situation—bursting into tears at picking up the wrong coffee order or yelling at your partner for not making the bed properly.

Moving on after a breakup is hard for everyone. But if you’re suffering from relationship trauma due to abuse or infidelity, this process can be more difficult. Whether you were in an abusive relationship, had a toxic dynamic, or felt neglected or abandoned by your previous partner, starting over can feel like a monumental task.

Trauma can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself and the world. Even if it doesn’t feel like it today, healing from trauma is possible. If you’ve been suffering from the aftereffects of trauma, there is hope in the healing journey.

Purging behaviors are characteristics of two eating disorders, bulimia nervosa and purging disorder. This behavior can have devastating consequences on both physical and mental health. However, with the right support and treatment, recovery is possible.

When problems come up, we want to fix them. But sometimes, conflict resolution means taking things slow. Enter the art of listening. Allowing space for emotions to unfold instead of jumping to fix things quickly can have a profound effect on emotional connections.

Lying is a completely normal behavior for children. Even though it’s frustrating, as a parent, you need to understand what’s motivating these lies and how to address them. Since you want to raise your child with healthy and honest habits, there are steps you can take to understand your child and help mitigate lying in the process.

Postpartum anxiety, while less talked about than postpartum depression, is still a pervasive issue. It’s the feelings of anxiety, worry, and dread that can arise after having a baby. These worries can manifest as preoccupations and become as serious as recurring panic attacks.

It’s impossible to escape social media nowadays. So much of our lives have become entwined with it—we shop, talk to friends and family, and creatively express and promote ourselves online. However, researchers are now finding the many complex links between social media use and mental health issues, particularly eating disorders.

It’s easy to distract ourselves nowadays. Whenever we’re bored, we can just scroll on our phones or stream something new on television. Over time, this can make us feel flattened out—there are neither the highs of achieving something we love nor the lows that push us to try harder. This makes it hard to know what we truly enjoy doing.

If you’ve been living with anxiety, you might be wondering which therapeutic approach is right for you. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most common therapies for problems like depression, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse, and other mental health issues. As an older therapy, it has a wealth of scientific backing proving its effectiveness. Here are four ways CBT has been shown to help manage anxiety.

It’s normal for kids to be a bit shy. In fact, it can just be a phase many children grow out of. But if your child is consistently avoiding participating in school, skipping friend hangouts, or worries people will make fun of them, they may have social anxiety. Here’s what social anxiety is, what it looks like, and how to cope.

Everyone knows caring for a newborn is hard, even in normal circumstances. But for millions of women around the world, postpartum depression (PPD) makes the time after childbirth even more difficult. Knowing how PPD looks and feels is the most important step in getting help. With proper treatment and care, a new mother can feel healthy and emotionally stable again.

While we talk a lot about therapy and medication as treatments for depression, there’s not as much discussion of treatments you can take into your own hands. While medication is one of the most reliable and effective treatments for the chemical imbalances that can cause depression, there are other ways of looking after your mental health that can alleviate depression’s symptoms.

Grief doesn’t discriminate. Children, just like adults, can experience devastating loss and its difficult emotional journey. However, unlike adults, kids struggle to express their feelings openly. As caregivers, parents, or educators, recognizing the signs of grief in children is the first step in supporting them as they cope with these complicated emotions.