Orlando Self-Care Spotlight: 4.22 Organics

In our very first blog post in this series, Orlando Therapist Shares Importance of Self-Care, I explored how having a self-care plan allows you to regulate your nervous system and sets you up to bring the best you to your family, and friends, and work.

Orlando Self-Care Spotlight - Melissa Dyer

We’re back with another one of our favorite self-care spots in Orlando and this time we’re talking all things hair! Self-care is fundamental to the wellness of your mind, body, and spirit. In our first blog of the series, Orlando Therapist Shares Importance of Self-Care, I explain how having a self-care routine sets you up to bring the best you to your loved ones, friends, and your job.

Orlando Therapist: Parenting Boundaries

Do you find yourself getting frustrated because you just had to tell your child to put away their toys for what seems like the millionth time? Are you finding yourself yelling at your children because they are refusing to change into their pajamas, and you’ve run out of patience? Did you just ground your teen and take away their car for a month because you were angry after being told that they skipped school?

Orlando Therapist: Friendships During a Pandemic

We’ve all been dealing with the pandemic for the past two years and today, we’re dealing with the changes that have come with a global pandemic and learning how to best adapt.

Some people have gone through drastic changes where they’ve lost their jobs, moved to a different state, or grieved a loved one. While others learned a new hobby, started working from home, or discovered how enjoyable it is to spend more time outdoors.

Grounding Techniques to Help You Feel Grounded Now

Are you feeling anxious and stressed? Do you struggle with anxiety or panic attacks and need a way to help you feel grounded and calm so that you can go on with your day?

As an Orlando therapist specializing in trauma and anxiety, I help clients create an individualized tool kit for grounding so that they feel settled and calm in their lives.

Orlando Therapist Shares Anxiety Symptoms in Teens

You’re confused and lost about how to help your teen. You’re worried about changes you have seen in your teen and even more worried that you don’t know how to help them with this. It concerns you that you’re not sure what is causing these changes or what is going on with them.

Orlando Self-Care Spotlight: Living Well Acupuncture

Self-care is fundamental to the wellness of your mind, body, and spirit. We kicked off the month by sharing a blog on the importance of self-care and some ideas to kick start your self-care journey! In our most recent blog post, we highlighted The Body Lab Pilates and interviewed Dede Ramos, Owner and Master Instructor.

We are continuing this series on Orlando Self-Care Spotlight, where we highlight local businesses that have been nominated by other Orlando therapist and professionals as awesome self-care spots. We have carefully selected locally owned Orlando businesses that nurture mind, body, and spirit to be featured in our series Orlando Self-Care Spotlight.

Orlando Therapist Shares Myths About Teen Counseling (written for the teen)

You’re overwhelmed, you’re confused, and you're realizing that you need more help than talking to your friends can give you. You want to talk to your parents about getting counseling, but you don’t know if they’ll understand. You worry about your parents’ reaction if you even bring up counseling to them - will they blame themselves? Get upset with you for asking for counseling? Ignore how you’ve been feeling?

Orlando Self-Care Spot: The Body Lab Pilates

We are kicking off this blog series on Self-Care Spots in Orlando by interviewing Dede Ramos, owner, and master instructor at The Body Lab Pilates.

We are grateful for these business owners because they have dedicated their lives to nurturing the mind, body, and spirit of humans. Because of their work, they are helping the people in our Orlando community live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives.

Orlando Therapist Shares Importance of Self-Care

You’ve been feeling drained and overextended. You’re running out of gas emotionally and physically. You know things need to change, but you just can’t seem to prioritize your needs.

You say, ‘tomorrow’ or ‘after I pick up the kids,’ but the time just never seems to come. You’re inundated with endless tasks and a mile-long to-do list.

Are you feeling like you need a little reboot to your self-care routine like things have gotten out of balance and some of the old ways of being have crept back in? As an Orlando therapist that specializes in trauma and anxiety, one of the first things clients and I do in a session is to create a solid self-care plan. Without the ability to take care of ourselves, we just don’t have what it takes to manage all of our responsibilities.

It can be scary and overwhelming when someone you love is having a panic attack. All of a sudden, they are experiencing intense symptoms and are terrified, and are looking to you for support and comfort. At Mindful Living Counseling Orlando, we work with clients that struggle with anxiety and panic attacks.

Anxiety Therapist Shares 54321 Grounding

Have you been struggling with panic and anxiety? Orlando Therapist Lauran Hahn, LMHC shares the 5-4-3-2-1 method. The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding method is easy to remember and is always available because it utilizes the 5 senses. Click to learn more about this method that will help you relieve the panic and anxiety you may be feeling.

As an eating disorder therapist in Orlando, many of my clients struggle with body image. I help my clients move from feeling bad and worrying about their bodies to being kind and accepting their bodies. So what does Body Image mean exactly? Body image refers to the relationship you have with your body; how you see it, think about it, feel about it, and how you experience living in it. It plays a big role in your self-esteem.