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  By Matt W Sandford Mother’s Day is a wonderful time to honor mothers. For the most part, mothers have impacted us all in the most profound ways that last a lifetime. Our Moms fed us and clothed us, wiped our butts and noses and kissed away our boo-boos. Our Moms believed in us, cheered us on, helped with our homework, drove us all over creation, taught us right from wrong, forgave us when we did wrong, and supported so many of our crazy ideas - or at least pretended to. Sure, we should honor the Moms. But… What if you don’t have only pleasant, uplifting memories of your relationship with your Mom? What if your Mom wasn’t always supportive, didn’t always very magnanimously forgive you, didn’t show support, or wasn’t very available? Maybe your Mom was critical or a nag or sort of the tough “knock-it-off-of-I’ll-give-you-something-to-cry-about” type? Maybe your Mom was well-meaning but for some reason wasn’t able to be very emotionally engaged? Maybe y...

By: Brian Murray LMHC, NCC Anxiety is a very common part of everyday life. This time of year in Florida approaching hurricanes can cause a lot of anxiety. It would appear that some people handle it in different ways by celebrating all the way down to being down right scared and hunkered down. So what is this all about? How come some people are very afraid and others are not? Some underlying factors are at play and very legitimate. If a person has ever been exposed to a natural disaster and witnessed or experienced what is perceived as a life threatening situation, then they have good reason to feel anxiety during an approaching storm. These survivors can be experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder commonly known as PTSD. Now, some anxiety before a storm is a pretty typical response. However, if the anxiety reaches a point where a person begins to recall memories of past traumatic events into the present one then it can warrant taking a better look at what is going on. The...

By Chris Hammond, MS, IMH Yet another box to unpack and more stuff to decide where it belongs.   The never ending stream of things both necessary and unnecessary seems to procreate overnight and grow into this insurmountable pile of stuff.   Moving is physically exhausting as things never seem to land where they belong and more things are misplaced or displaced then organized.   No matter the house size whether bigger or smaller than before, nothing seems to work out just as planned.   Then of course there is the list of things that need to be done such as checking on the AC unit before the heat of the summer sets in or the heater before the cold becomes unbearable.   It really does not matter if the place you are moving into is old or new (trust me, new things break as easily as old), in good shape or poor shape, or near or far from where you came.   The process is tiring nonetheless and exhaustion quickly turns into an overwhelming feeling of “W...

By Chris Hammond, MS, IMH Quite possibly my favorite trait of an ADD/ADHD person is their ability to misplace so many important things in a variety of places. One would surmise that as time goes on, the number of places that their sun glasses, cell phone, wallet, homework or keys would land would be limited or at the very least consistent with previous locations but this is not the case. Rather, those with an advantage of ADD/ADHD seem to have an unlimited number of new and creative locations for their most basic and most frequently used items. Not only is the location of the keys creative, but at the moment of initial placement, it is also logical and systematic. The difficulty lies in remembering the logic of the location instead of the actual location because the logic of the location is the right key needed to solve the end mystery. This key concept can then be transferred to other traits of difficulty for those blessed with ADD/ADHD. Bigger than life dreams. Spend a little t...