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Everyone has a bad night’s sleep now and then. A difficult day at work can make you toss and turn. Sleep apnea or a terrible cold can also affect the quality of your slumber. But if you have acute or chronic sleep issues that persist for at least a month and render you...

5 Steps To Preparing Your Child For Psychoeducational Testing

January 12, 2017

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As a parent, you’ve noted the signs for a while. Maybe homework has become a daily battle. Perhaps he complains about school and seems overwhelmed. His teachers may have indicated a number of areas that need improvement, and you know his grades don’t represent his...

Ways To Relax During My Rush Hour Drive Home

December 09, 2016

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When you slide into the driver’s seat after a long day on the job, it’s likely you’re still in “work mode” even if you had a good day. You’re thinking about long-term projects, mentally prioritizing tasks, and maybe even re-arguing the...

Can Running Help Relieve My Stress?

December 02, 2016

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Stress is a natural, if unwelcome, part of a full and active life. No matter how well you balance the demands of work, health, and family, you will naturally experience the kind of difficult situations that engender emotional strain. In fact, over two-thirds of American adults...

3 Signs That You Are Unhappy With Your Current Job

November 12, 2016

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In an ideal world, you’d be leaping out of bed in the morning to get to a job that excites you, challenges you, pays well, offers a path upward, and is filled with interesting and wonderful people that you admire and enjoy working with. In the real world, you’d be...

Cheap Ways To Soothe Stress At Home

November 06, 2016

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When you’re at work, you have assigned projects that need to be finished within a certain time with the help of colleagues geared toward the same goals, for which you are rewarded with pay. When you’re at home, however, you have an infinite list of repetitive tasks...

Stressed At Work? 3 Exercises To Help

October 10, 2016

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Workplace stress is inevitable, even if you love your job. Tight deadlines, progress evaluations, sales presentations, and unexpected or harried work travel can raise your anxiety level. Add in a boss with anger management issues, a disorganized co-worker, or other office...

Back To School Anxiety For Children

October 08, 2016

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As the lovely, warm days of summer wane into autumn, it’s natural that children come down with back-to-school fever. While some kids may be feverish with excitement at the start of the new academic year, others will show signs of very real distress, especially if it’s...

Why Does My Child Have Speech And Language Delays

September 03, 2016

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The neighborhood playgroup should be a wonderful gathering for parents to share experiences, discuss preschools, and have a little adult interaction over a cup of coffee while the kids learn social skills. But if several of your child’s precocious friends are babbling away...