Well, occasional anxiety is completely natural in the face of stressful experiences. However, anxiety that persists and is intense can harm a teenager’s day-to-day life. It can interfere with schoolwork, social interactions, sleeping, relationships, self-confidence, and so forth. When this happens, a teen must get some professional assistance to be able to cope with the…
Administrative work has become part of almost every role in behavioral health. Providers complete progress notes after each session. Supervisors review documentation. Compliance teams check records. Billing staff make sure everything supports the services provided. None of those tasks are optional. They all matter. The problem starts when paperwork keeps growing while the workday stays…
My sister spent two years doing 200 crunches every night and saw zero change in her belly. The month she quit crunches, started sleeping seven hours, and cut back on the wine, she lost more inches around her waist than she had in the previous 24 months combined. Belly fat, especially the stubborn kind women…
For two years I slept exactly 8 hours a night and woke up feeling like a truck had run over me. I blamed my mattress. Then my job. Then my age. Turns out I had mild sleep apnea and hadn’t drunk enough water since 2019. You’re not lazy, and you’re not imagining it. When you…
My roommate in college made $2,400 in one semester tutoring high school math on Zoom. She worked six hours a week and used the money to cover rent for four months. No car needed, no boss, no fixed schedule. Meanwhile, another friend spent that same semester on “high-paying” survey apps and made $87 total. The…
