The Alive Blog
Browse practical tools and thoughtful perspectives from our team for real-life mental health.
Women’s History Month: Celebrating Female Resilience
This Women's History Month, explore the power of female resilience. Learn how historical lessons of strength can help you navigate modern stress and mental health challenges.
How to Talk to Kids About Growth and Change
Empower your child to embrace life's transitions. Learn playful and supportive ways to talk to kids about growth and change with insights from Alive Rehab & Counseling.
Creative Ways Families Show (and Receive) Love
Discover creative, practical ways families express love through the five love languages. Learn how to strengthen family connection with small, meaningful rituals that build lasting bonds.
Growing Together: Simple Rituals for Connection in Busy Lives
Discover simple daily rituals that help couples stay connected even when life gets hectic. Practical tips for building meaningful connection in your relationship.
Playful Problem-Solving: Using Creativity for Everyday Stress
Discover how to transform daily stress into an opportunity for growth using playful problem-solving and creative techniques. Learn more with Alive Rehab & Counseling.
Spring Forward: Re-Energizing Your Goals
Learn how to re-energize your goals as we spring forward. Discover holistic strategies to refresh your mindset and stay motivated from Alive Rehab & Counseling.
Practicing Self-Compassion: The Heart of Healing
Learn why self-compassion is essential for healing and discover practical steps to develop this powerful mental health tool. Expert guidance from Alive Rehab & Counseling.
The Science of Hope: Growing Resilience through Tough Times
Discover the psychology of hope and learn evidence-based strategies for building resilience during tough times. Hope is a learnable skill that strengthens your ability to overcome challenges.
Recognizing When Routine Gets Stuck (and How to Shift It)
Spot stuck routines and discover holistic ways to shift and refresh your habits. Support for breaking unhelpful patterns, stress reduction, and building personal power.
Tiny Rituals for Big Shifts: Spark Joy in Your Routine
Simple daily rituals for meaningful change, emotional support, and holistic mental wellness.
Play Therapy for Adults: Resetting After Burnout
Learn how playful, holistic therapy can help adults recover from burnout, find joy, and rediscover creative purpose.
Family Vision Boards: Creative Ways to Plan Together
Strengthen connection with creative family vision boards. Guidance for playful, inclusive family planning and mental wellness at every age.
Refreshing Your Mindset for a New Year
Discover empowering ways to reset your mindset and boost resilience for the new year. Therapist-backed strategies for mental wellness, growth, and holistic happiness at Alive Rehab & Counseling.
How to Cope with Post-Holiday Emotions
The confetti has been swept away, the decorations are packed in boxes, and your social calendar suddenly looks... empty. If you're feeling a wave of sadness, loneliness, or just general "blah" now that the holidays are over, you're definitely not alone.
3 Ways Family Therapy is Often Misunderstood
People new to therapy often don’t know what to expect. They only know what they have heard about it. But there are many misconceptions surrounding family therapy, and I am going to debunk 3 of the biggest ones now.
5 Amazing Outcomes that Can Come from Family Therapy
Many people wish they could belong to a family that resembles the Brady Bunch. But the truth is, most of us belong to families that are not nearly as perfect or copacetic.
Healing from Childhood Emotional Neglect
Many of us were raised with the notion that kids are meant “to be seen and not heard,” meaning ‘don’t speak until you are spoken to.” While this idea may have only meant to keep the volume down at the Thanksgiving table, it can have negative ramifications on a child’s psyche.
Why Someone Suffering From Depression Can't Just Get Over It
When talking about depression, a lot of people forget that depression is an illness that requires proper attention and treatment. If you’re depressed, it can be incredibly frustrating to hear things like “Just get over it”, “You’re being really dramatic”, “You have to be strong”, “Learn to deal with it”, “Happiness is a choice”. You might start to think of things like ‘Why can’t I just get over it’? We can stop ourselves from doing destructive things like putting our hand in a fire, but when it comes to depression, it’s a bit difficult to just ‘stop’. There are a number of reasons why ‘get over it’ statements like this don’t help.
How to Have a Healthier Family Through Better Co-Parenting
Moving forward after divorce is difficult for everyone, and trying to figure out how to co-parent complicates things even further. Here are some tips to help you co-parent with your ex.
Strategies for Talking to an Abused or Neglected Child
For many of us, we remember our childhood fondly with images of birthday parties, family holidays or playing in the park with friends. But for approximately 6 million children in the United States this year, their childhood will also include memories of abuse.