The Dermatillomania Diaries is what I’m naming the decade of journal writing about my skin picking and attempts to stop it, which I’m sharing in this post. I’ve been an avid journal-writer throughout the years, filling a bunch of those college-ruled black and white composition notebooks. It started slowly in my 20’s – I used only one book for…
This post is a reflection on some things I’ve learned from my first two years of coaching individuals to break free from the compulsive cycle of destructive skin picking. I feel like I have a good sense now of who will succeed when I am working with people. Here are seven possible answers to the…
Probiotics are everywhere these days. So many kinds, so many brands, so many forms – pills, drinks, or natural fermented probiotic foods. You may be wondering: What are the benefits of probiotics? What should you look for when shopping? And what the heck are these probiotics anyway? Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that we can use…
Did you hear about this recent study? Undertaken in a collaboration between a public health professor and an economics professor, the study of 80,000 people in the U.K. found that happiness and mental well-being rose with the number of servings of vegetables and fruits eaten per day, topping out at seven. That means if you’d…
