Tips and Tricks for Keeping Your Family Happy and Safe

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Tips and Tricks for Keeping Your Family Happy and Safe

Starter for 10: You’re angry, the kids are angry, and the dog is angry. With fewer outlets to unwind and de-stress, the economy circling the toilet, and anxieties redlining, the opportunity for anger is everywhere. Time to develop some anger-management skills. The first one might sound like it’s for toddlers, but it works for all ages: Count backward from 10. “When we’re angry, we get hijacked by our fight-or-flight response in our amygdala,” says Elizabeth Eiten, LMSW, CCTP, psychotherapist, “which turns off the problem-solving parts of our brains. Focusing on our breath helps calm the amygdala while counting helps activate the frontal lobe of the brain, which helps us with problem-solving.”

It's Time to Zoom Your Therapist: Whether you’ve never been to a therapist or are a regular, now is the time to start. Millions of Americans are struggling with anxiety, relationship difficulties, and the various symptoms of economic reversal — and they’re doing it quite literally alone. It’s time to get a virtual therapist. Long before COVID-19 hit our shores,  Talkspace connected mental health professionals with clients via video conference, phone, and text message. Unsurprisingly, they’ve seen a 25 percent user increase across all channels since the coronavirus pandemic began spreading in the U.S.

With thanks to "fatherly.com"