Breaking Down Cultural Impacts on Food and Body Image

American culture encourages a distorted view of food and body, which unfortunately feeds into an unhealthy stress cycle.   By Heather Shannon Instagram, women’s magazines and fitness bloggers often portray unrealistic ideals of what our bodies should look like and flash headlines advertising tips and tricks that will help you lose that last bit of…

The Therapist’s Guide to Break-Up Recovery

How to Deal with a Breakup Like a Mental Health Professional By Heather Shannon, LCPC  “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else!” ~RuPaul Charles Did Cupid get it wrong this time?  Here’s how to straighten him out just in time for Valentine’s Day. Let’s face it, breakups…

How to Find Your Turn-On

By Heather Shannon Do you find yourself so busy or spread thin that you don’t have time to think about sex, much less get physiologically turned on?  Has it become harder to orgasm over time or stopped altogether? Do you need more stimulation than before, even during masturbation? Maybe masturbation has become compulsive for you…

The Dating Blues

By Heather Shannon Are you feeling lonely and want a partner so bad, but don’t feel it’s possible? Does the prospect of trying at dating kind of make you want to vomit? Perhaps life feels a bit empty as a “party of one.”  You might know you’re a good catch, but somehow it seems you’re…