by Tiffany Smith Counseling | Articles
The Pressure to Parent Perfectly We live in a competitive world. We are taught that people need to “fit in” and be successful. As parents we often try to protect our children from the hurts of the world. Sometimes we do this by pushing our kids to be something they...
by Tiffany Smith Counseling | Articles
Exercise and Anxiety Exercise is not just about weight management and cholesterol. Exercise actually reduces anxiety. When you feel anxious, your brain produces chemicals in response to that “threat” and you go into “fight or flight” mode. Ever wonder when the...
by Tiffany Smith Counseling | Articles
10 Tips for Co-Parenting and Blended Families Divorce happens. Its painful for everyone involved. Only one thing is certain with divorce, everything changes. For children this can be especially difficult. Their life consisted of seeing their parents daily under the...
by Tiffany Smith Counseling | Articles
Remake Your Past We all have had hard times in our lives. Some of those times may have been much harder than others. Times filled with life decisions we regret that left us feeling angry, shameful, or even guilty. Sometimes we have fought through the hard times...
by Tiffany Smith Counseling | Articles
Magic Pill Society It seems the more symptoms and diseases that are discovered, the more drugs we have out there. I often remember a televised stand up act from Chris Rock when he said, “Do you go to bed at night and wake up in the morning? Then we got a pill for...
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Kids Divide and Conquer While at the park today I noticed a young child about the age of 4 screaming at the top of her lungs and kicking her mother because the swing she wanted to swing on was taken by my child. The mother explains to her daughter she needed to swing...
by Tiffany Smith Counseling | Articles
Fall in love with your life How do you measure your happiness in your life? Often we might take a step back, look at our life and think its good. Then maybe you see a car driving down the road that has a higher price sticker than yours and it pulls into the...
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Make a Weekly Self-Care Appointment The “To Do” List is constantly growing and shrinking but it seems like never ending. The usual weekly tasks of “laundry, grocery shopping, dry cleaners, cooking, cleaning, etc.” Not to mention throw in the carpool, kids soccer games...
by Tiffany Smith Counseling | Articles
There is always another way of looking at something As a therapist, my goal is to give my clients hope for a better tomorrow. Life can be so nasty, dingy, and full of unpredictable changes around every corner. I challenge myself every day to try to find the positive...
