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Can’t Sleep? Let’s Start with Your Phone

July 8, 2021

By Eric Dean JD, MBA, MA, MA, LPC, CADC We are glued to our phones.  The average U.S. adult will spend roughly 3 hours per day on their cell phone, which equals about 1,100 hours or 45 days per year! The consequences of nonstop phone use are wide-ranging and not fully understood. In this post, I will review what we know about how phone usage affects sleep and provide some tips on getting better rest.  Sleep is…

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Can We Learn How to Love Better?

July 7, 2021

Written by Kara Thompson, Licensed Social Worker So here’s the deal… Love is complicated. You may be facing this truth every day in your relationships with your partner, a family member, or maybe even within yourself.  Have you ever paused and reflected on this question: “How did we learn how to love?” For many of us, the first way we learned about love is through the systems we were born into. Those unique experiences often include a…

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