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shayhat
Jul 1, 20212 min read
Professional Identity
Professional identity: who you are as a professional. Every person has an identity. Maybe that includes your race, ethnicity, place of...
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shayhat
Jun 25, 20212 min read
Prioritize Yourself
During my first year of grad school, I got a job as a technician in a retail pharmacy. My FAFSA loan didn’t quite cover all of my...
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shayhat
Jun 25, 20212 min read
Bonding through Spiritual Intimacy Conversations
Are you looking to bond with your partner? There are many ways to bond with your partner and one of those ways is through deep, intimate...
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shayhat
Jun 25, 20214 min read
Service Animal vs. Emotional Support Animal
The use of emotional support animals (ESA)s are on the rise. Did you know that there are limited places to get a doctor’s letter stating...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20214 min read
SADE(E): Easing the Pain of Racial Stressors as a Couple
Did you do this as a kid? My friends and I used to take an alka seltzer tab into our mouths, and then take a little swig of Dr. Pepper. ...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Enneagram: Take it with a Gram of Salt
By now, most people have probably heard of the enneagram personality test. There has been a plethora of books, Instagram pages, and blogs...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Negative Self-Talk
What if a friend walked up to you out of the blue and said something like: You’ll never be successful…so why are you even trying!? You...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20213 min read
Ew… another shrink trying to get in my head.
What is Stigma? When you need help, it seems easier to go to an urgent care doctor for a sinus infection or a sore throat compared to...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20212 min read
The Next Right Thing
Have you heard the phrase “Do the next right thing?” If not, let me provide some context. It is a song from the 2019 Disney movie Frozen...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20213 min read
Health Psychology - Psychosocial Impacts of Infertility
Health psychology examines how biological, social and psychological factors influence health and illness. An area of health that...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Mindfulness: Just Being
If you’ve spent any time at all studying self-help books, there’s probably been a chapter on mindfulness. Mindfulness is a recent...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Sacrifice: Who do I want to become?
Have you ever read about sacrifice in the Bible or watched Stannis Baratheon as he was about to sacrifice his daughter to the Lord of...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Controlling What We Can Control
Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a cycle of circumstances where you feel like you’re losing control? The bills are piling up...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Being Both
Have you ever felt torn when trying to make a decision? Our current society is extremely supportive of making choices. You can choose to...
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shayhat
Feb 25, 20215 min read
Talking About Mental Health
“I need therapy.” “I’m in therapy.” “I have a mental health diagnosis.” These are terrifying statements for many people. They carry a...
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shawles
Jan 25, 20212 min read
Examining Ourselves
Introduction There is a verse I really like from Lamentations 3:40 which says, “Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the...
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shawles
Jan 15, 20212 min read
Introversion versus Extroversion
Introversion and extroversion are commonly misunderstood. Oftentimes, people believe that in order to be considered an extrovert, they...
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shawles
Jan 15, 20212 min read
Psychological Flexibility
Psychological flexibility--that’s a lot of syllables. At first glance, this phrase may seem to be just more psychobabble jargon. However,...
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shawles
Jan 15, 20212 min read
Stressed Out? Settle Down for Some Self-Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has infected many people’s lives with extra stress. Most of us are already dealing with stress from work, school,...
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