We are getting closer and closer to the holidays. With less than 10 days left, navigating it all can be incredibly stressful.

It is officially the holiday season in our home. We had one of the best Thanksgivings in a long time. As a family, we worked hard to ensure it was a celebration we could be proud of.

It is Thanksgiving week when we gather with family and friends, show gratitude, and eat good food! It is also the start of the holiday season, which brings many mixed feelings.

On Sunday, I had the opportunity to attend a Youth Mental Wellness Fair in Livingston, NJ. This event was sponsored by Shiv’s Third Eye, which is a foundation to support mental health and suicide prevention in youth.

I want to discuss a very important topic in honor of Veterans Day. PTSD is a common mental health issue that is particularly common among veterans.

Anxiety is an emotion that we all experience. Some people may experience more or less of it, but it’s a regularly occurring emotion like happiness or sadness.

I hosted a Halloween party over the weekend and had to grab some last minute items for it on Saturday. While shopping, I saw Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas decorations all together.

ADHD is a prevalent neurological disorder. Millions of children and adults live with it every day. It’s marked by difficulty paying attention(inattention), excessive activity (hyperactivity), and actions without thinking(impulsivity).

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a long-lasting disorder in which a person experiences uncontrollable and recurring thoughts (obsessions), engages in repetitive behaviors (compulsions), or both. OCD is a mental illness often used as an adjective to describe a clean, neat or organized person.

In recent years, #mentalhealthmatters has been getting a lot of attention. We are trying to promote awareness and acceptance of mental health as a society.

My heart goes out to everyone impacted by Hurricane Helene. It is difficult to see the devastation this storm has caused and to think about what people are going through now.

It’s no secret that we’re living through some pretty turbulent times. From war to cultural and political divides and environmental and economic concerns, life is crazy.

People with mental illness often feel defined by their struggles. Although it can make daily life challenging, it doesn’t represent a person’s whole person.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. It is a time when we laser-focus on what we can do to recognize and help those in crisis.

In the past few decades, we’ve become distant. I remember hearing stories when I was a kid about my parents growing up in their small Bayonne, NJ community.

Summer is the only season with an “unofficial beginning and ending.” Although the summer solstice typically runs from around June 21st to September 21st, most activities in our country run from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

The school year will be starting soon in my area(if it hasn’t started in other parts of the country). The end of summer and the beginning of the school year bring on a lot of emotions.

Not many people are too familiar with what hypervigilance is. Hypervigilance is defined by WebMD as “the elevated state of constantly assessing potential threats around you.

I just came back from our annual family vacation in Cape Cod, Mass! We had a wonderful time fully connecting as a family and making memories.