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Have a hobby? Love your friends? 🧠 Good, it may mean better in later life: http://bit.ly/hobbycogs | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

People who learn to view stress as helpful, become less and more confident. http://bit.ly/TEDTalkStress | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

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Why PTSD Is a Mental Injury, Not a Mental Illness

Why PTSD Is a Mental Injury, Not a Mental Illness New research suggests that PTSD is a normal response to common life events.

The case for the American Contemporary Family: http://bit.ly/blended-fam-unit | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

How Breathing Shapes Our Brain - Neuroscience News

How Breathing Shapes Our Brain - Neuroscience News Breathing isn't only essential to keep us alive, it also impacts our emotions, attention, and how our brains process the world around us.

Overcoming Feeling Anxious About Anxiety

Overcoming Feeling Anxious About Anxiety Anticipation of anxiousness may lead to feelings or thoughts of anxiety. While this can be difficult, there are coping strategies available to help you.

"Broken toys can be a metaphor for how children see themselves." ❤️‍🩹 - Lisa Terni Dion

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The brain-body disconnect: A somatic sensory basis for trauma-related disorders

The brain-body disconnect: A somatic sensory basis for trauma-related disorders Although the manifestation of trauma in the body is a phenomenon well-endorsed by clinicians and traumatized individuals, the neurobiological underpinnings of this manifestation remain unclear. The notion of somatic sensory processing, which encompasses vestibular and somatosensory processing and re...

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How Epigenetics Might Influence the Link between PTSD and Inflammation

https://www.nicabm.com/how-might-epigenetics-influence-the-link-between-ptsd-and-inflammation/?del=11.23.22FBPost

How Epigenetics Might Influence the Link between PTSD and Inflammation Trauma research has traditionally focused on the body’s nervous and endocrine systems - but this study looks at trauma in the context of the immune system.

Overcoming Feeling Anxious About Anxiety

Overcoming Feeling Anxious About Anxiety Anticipation of anxiousness may lead to feelings or thoughts of anxiety. While this can be difficult, there are coping strategies available to help you.

Stress affects your body in more ways than you realize. Here's what may be happening to yours: http://bit.ly/stress-effects | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

Stress affects your body in more ways than you realize. Here's what may be happening to yours: http://bit.ly/stress-effects | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

One easy way to process and cope with your anxiety: puppies! 🐾 http://bit.ly/puppytherapy | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

Is your cell phone use affecting your relationship with your partner and family? http://bit.ly/phone-family-bond | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

[VIDEO] "We used to think our brains do not change after childhood, but nothing could be further from the truth." http://bit.ly/how-do-brains-change | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

Did you know that generalized anxiety disorder affects 6.8 million adults or 3.1% of the U.S. population? http://bit.ly/ADAAFact | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

Are guinea pigs the new pet for pet therapy? http://bit.ly/guineatherapy 🌾 | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

PODCAST "Do It Scared" podcast enlightens career driven mom's to realize their value. http://bit.ly/mothersvalue | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

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"My daughter is 2e, with multiple possible diagnoses which belie the fact that when left to her own devices, she learns quite well in her unique way." Suki Wessling writes on "Stress, Learning, and the Gifted Child" in this article from the SENG library: http://ow.ly/8fQa50x7Sbg

We're all told screens at bed time aren't the best for , 📱but what actually happens to our 🧠 when we check our phones at night? http://bit.ly/nightscreenbrain | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

Do you feel like you're always "ramped up"? Constantly ruminating over things in your life? Take this quiz to get some answers: http://bit.ly/AnxietySelfQuiz | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

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What "Buck", the Horse Whisperer, Can Teach Therapists About Preparing Clients for Trauma Work - EMDR Therapy Blog

Opal Counselingcenter is also a resource for equine assisted therapy

What "Buck", the Horse Whisperer, Can Teach Therapists About Preparing Clients for Trauma Work - EMDR Therapy Blog During the first few minutes into the documentary, “Buck“, horse whisperer, Buck Brannaman, emphasizes the importance of preparing a c**t for riding. To paraphrase, to a young c**t, the idea of a having a human being putting a saddle on its back, and then allowing that same human to ride… Cont...

Why universal screening is a more equitable identifier of gifted and talented students

Why universal screening is a more equitable identifier of gifted and talented students School districts have historically relied on a referral-based process to identify students for gifted and talented programming. This means that teachers or parents nominate their students to take s…

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"...persons of higher intellectual ability are more prone to experience existential depression spontaneously." SENG Founder Dr. James T. Webb explores existential depression in gifted individuals in this article from the library: http://ow.ly/I1Ez30nOPZW

Should you treat your pet as one of the family? http://bit.ly/petsandfamily | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

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"...recent research and literature shows that gifted children’s smaller number’s of friends relates more to personality style than to a lack of social skills." Lori Comallie-Caplan shares some tips for parents to help their children make friends: http://ow.ly/qaN230o2BE0

Are you someone who loves it when plans are canceled? That may not be the whole truth. 🧠 Learn what happens in your when things don't go according to plan:
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Some of the best ways to beat include eating healthy snacks, breathing, and maybe even seeing a therapist. http://bit.ly/therapytricks | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

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Therapy saved these two sisters from ruining their relationship. 👭http://bit.ly/siblingtherapysaves | https://opalcounselingcenter.com

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How the Brain Notices When Something Sounds "Off"

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/how-the-brain-notices-when-something-sounds-off-366913

How the Brain Notices When Something Sounds "Off" Whether it’s a car door not properly closed, a shanked kick in football, or a misplaced note in music, our ears tell us when something doesn’t sound right. A team of neuroscientists has recently uncovered how the brain works to make distinctions between “right” and “wrong” sounds.

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"Gifted children... need the opportunity to work and socialize with others of similar abilities and interests if they are to grow towards self-acceptance." Miraca U.M. Gross writes on the search for identity in this article from the library: http://ow.ly/2Nta50qK4hs

Ever wondered what happens inside your when you ? 🧠
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