How to Stop Over Extending Yourself, and Start Saying No! | Orlando Anxiety Counseling
By: Colleen Andre, LMHC Do you seem to be helping everyone else except yourself? Giving constantly but having nothing in return. Do you find yourself feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and resentful? You ask yourself, “How did I end up here?” Everyone else labels you as the nice guy. You are the one who is always available […]
Post-Vacation Hangover | Orlando Counseling & Coaching
By: Colleen Andre, LMHC Work is starting back up, kids are returning to school, and the bills are coming in. Post-vacation hangover is real! Once the high from pine needles, Christmas cookies, and decorations is gone, reality hits like a ton of bricks. It is relatively easy to feel overwhelmed, anxious, and dreadful as January […]
How to Accomplish your New Year’s Resolution
How to Accomplish your New Year’s Resolution Every year, hundreds and thousands of people create New Year’s resolutions. Everyone is excited and looking forward to a fresh start. They are pumped and motivated for change. But what really happens when the New Year arrives? January begins and you re-commit or sign-up for a gym membership, […]
Holiday Survival Guide: Tossing the Stress and Gaining the Joy | Orlando Anxiety Counseling
The holidays can be a blissful time…yet it can also be a time of mounting pressure, stress, and high-time anxiety. Here are a few tips to survive and actually enjoy the holiday season. #1 Delegate You feel more pressure because there is more pressure. Everything does not have to be on your shoulders. Take a […]
Dealing with Loss During the Holidays
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…It’s the hap-happiest season of all.” These lyrics maybe true for many but certainly not for all. The holiday season can be a great time, but it can also be one of the most difficult seasons for those who have suffered loss. Whether the loss was recent or […]
This is Us: How To Help Your Child When Facing Cultural Differences
By: Colleen Andre I recently got sucked into a new fall show called This is Us. I am loving it so far as the tear-jerking moments tug at my heartstrings. But, the show is not just about creating sappy moments and making viewers cry. The show really hones in on topics real people struggle with, […]
Tips for Managing Anxiety | Orlando Anxiety Counseling
Anxiety can be such a scary feeling especially when it starts to overwhelm and take over your daily life. The loss of control is paralyzing which can perpetuate or increase the anxious feelings. The problem with anxiety is that when you feel out of control and helpless it makes you panic even more, perpetuating the […]
Real Talk On Sexual Assault Versus Trump’s “Locker Room Talk”
By: Colleen Andre, LMHC In 2016 as Election Day was nearing the head-line news became about Trump’s leaked conversation with Billy Bush in 2005. A large group of people consider Trump’s words to be deemed as sexual assault while others consider it just “locker room talk”. CNN’s article titled “Trump’s ‘locker room talk’ stirs real […]
Battling Indecision | 5 Steps to Help You Make Big Decisions
By: Colleen Andre, LMHC Everyone has experienced a point in their life where they find themselves extremely indecisive and stuck. A decision as small as “What should I eat today?” to something as big as “Should I change jobs?” Sometimes, the big decisions in life can paralyze and weigh you down. You do not want […]
Preventing Parentification | Children After A Separation or Divorce
If you read my earlier article Parenting my parent, “I thought I was the child?” | Understanding Parentification, you are familiar with the dangers of parentification. Parentification is when a role reversal occurs when a child is forced into the role of a parent for themselves or their parent. Many consequences occur when a child […]