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Fortnite: New Sport or New Addiction?
If you’ve spent any amount of time around children from the ages of 8-18 in the last year...
Does Gaming Help or Hurt Children’s Cognitive and Social Skills?
I’m half-heartedly paying attention to my 10-year-old son playing a game on the Xbox, watching him...
Issues You Should Be Talking About
It seems as though every month, we’re celebrating or recognizing some cause. Even individual days...
Breaking the Stigma of Gender Dysphoria
Jan-Renee Carlson spent decades constantly stressed out. She would anger easily and admits that she...
There Are More Benefits to Breathing Than You Know
Between tackling your morning commute, chipping away at your ever-growing to-do list and...
Humanity is Resilient Just Like the Survivor Tree
A Callery pear tree stands in Manhattan where the Twin Towers once stood. Unlike the dozens of...
Breaking Up is Hard To Do: How to Move On and Avoid Stress...
There’s no way around it — breakups are tough. Whether you’re the one cutting ties or the one on...
Hooked on Likes: The Consequences of Social Media Addiction
Part 2: How to escape the addiction Soon after writing part one of this series, feeling...
One Child Center for Autism in Williamsburg, VA is Changing Lives
Located in a nondescript office park the One Child Center for Autism has been changing the lives of...
Forgetting Where Your Keys Are? Should You be Worried?
So, Is it Memory Loss or Memory Disorder? At some point we all forget our keys or misplace our cell...
Social Media Addiction: #Hooked on Likes
Part 1 of a 2 part series. Responding to the advent of a new technology, the Swiss scientist Conrad...
Making Sense Out of Scents: What You Need to Know About...
What you need to know about Essential Oils and Aromatherapy One of Yumei Silva’s clients had such...
Can Gardening Make You Happier?
With humid, subtropical summer weather and rich soil, Hampton Roads is a gardening mecca. It’s easy...
Tips for Parents Navigating the Transition to Teenager
How structure and consistency can make you seem like a flexible parent. Any parent who has or is...
Taking Care of Our Mental Health
When you think about your health, what do you think of? Eating well? Taking vitamins? Hitting the...
The Upside of Feeling Down: Finding Meaning Amidst Depression
Anyone who writes about depression faces the inevitable challenge of trying to present the...
The Daunting Discontinuation of Antidepressants
After two years of being on the antidepressant Celexa following a period of unbelievable stress in...
Brain Fitness: 5 Fun Ways to Keep Your Mind Active
Your brain is like a muscle; it’s use it or lose it. But just as you exercise your body to stay...
How Love Changes Your Brain
That special someone, the person you can’t stop thinking about, comes into the room. Your heart...