MAKING RESOLUTIONS HAPPEN!

As we start the new year, resolutions may begin to fade. For most people, it is difficult to persevere when setting goals. However, if you reflect on past failures in pursuing resolutions in a constructive way, you might gain insight. This can help improve your success rate with resolutions.The keyword...

Immigration PTSD – What is It? How to Resolve?

Migration is associated with specific stressors, mainly related to the experience of leaving the country of origin and moving to a new, unfamiliar country. This process is usually associated with multiple stressors (e.g., language, financial pressure, challenging immigration processes, family separation, etc.). These stressors usually contribute to different mental health...

CONNECTEDNESS

First, we can be safe and creative by finding ways to interact and socialize in ways that we feel comfortable. For example, having an event at the park, in our backyard, walking together in a park. For others, an extra caution of ensuring negative testing and/or vaccination, wearing mask, etc....

THE BIG PICTURE: EFFECTIVENESS VS. EFFICIENCY

We live in a high-speed world. With the advent of the Internet and other technological advancements, we are used to everything being fast. We now order online, and items are shipped almost instantly, we need information, and we search it with results available immediately, we need to make a reservation...

MALINGERING: DETECTING IT OR PROVING OTHERWISE

Malingering is an act, not a psychological condition. It involves pretending to have a physical or psychological condition to gain a reward or avoid something. For example, exaggerating or making up symptoms to obtain special accommodations or to be exempt from a process (e.g., VAWA, jury duty, USA Citizenship Exam...

THE RIGHT MINDSET FOR RETIREMENT PREPARATION

Retirement is a reality that we will all face and if not properly managed can contribute to significant hardships. For example, the Journal of Population Ageing identified that those who retired were about twice as likely to have depression symptoms vs. those still working.