Katie Graziano, LPC

10/10/2025

09/29/2025

09/25/2025

Take a break from scrolling and ground yourself in the present by searching any (or all!) or the following:

- Something you’d like to eat
- 13 pumpkins or gourds
- Things you’d find at school
- Something very spooky
- An “All Too Well” reference
- 10 pieces of candy corn
- An inverted little ghost
- Something warm to wear
- 3 yellow pencils
- An item in your favorite color
- Something you rarely see
- 2 black cat silhouettes
- An item you’d use outdoors
- Something that flies
- A loud chirping insect
- An item that’s in your house
- Leaves (count them all!)

By looking for any of these, you’re using one of your five senses (sight!) to connect with the present moment. You can do this anywhere by looking around you for a specific color or shape — or come back here anytime and choose an another option from the list to guide yourself back to the present!

09/23/2025

A nonstop cycle of negative news does more than just upset you—it can fundamentally alter your brain's stress response. Research shows that people who excessively consumed media after traumatic events had more acute psychological symptoms than those actually at the scene.

By understanding how constant doomscrolling rewires our minds, we can learn to engage with the world's events in a healthier way—discover how: https://on.natgeo.com/46xcp5F