Heather Almeida-Marriage and Family Therapist

Happy World Mental Health Day! Lets chat about self care! We ALL need to give ourselves a little more love and attention than we tend to do. Here is my favorite way to create a list of activities/things that I love and help me feel relaxed and happy - create a list from your FIVE senses - things you love to smell, look at, taste, touch and hear. ... It’s such a helpful reminder and a mindful way to enjoy things easily accessible in your life!!This is a great list to create with kiddos too! Here are a few of my own: Fresh lemon and Flowers Nature and Sunsets Ice Cream Soft blankets and petting my animals Ocean and rain

I AM statements can literally help strengthen your brain It’s true! The more positive statements you give yourself, the stronger your prefrontal cortex gets! Think of I AM statements like exercise for your brain!

What is Peccatophobia? Peccatophobia is the fear of sinning or wrongdoing. The origin of the word pecca is Latin (meaning to sin or commit a crime) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Peccatophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the home page. Peccatophobia is also called Peccatiphobia and related to Hamartophobia (fear of sinning) and Enissophobia/Enosiophobia (which both mean fear of criticism or committing a sin). http://common-phobias.com/Peccato/phobia.htm

This made me giggle This weekend I took some time to take care of myself Chiropractor and massage Ahhhh I feel rejuvenated! Don’t forget to take care of yourself!

Happy World Mental Health Day! Lets chat about self care! We ALL need to give ourselves a little more love and attention than we tend to do. Here is my favorite way to create a list of activities/things that I love and help me feel relaxed and happy - create a list from your FIVE senses - things you love to smell, look at, taste, touch and hear. ... It’s such a helpful reminder and a mindful way to enjoy things easily accessible in your life!!This is a great list to create with kiddos too! Here are a few of my own: Fresh lemon and Flowers Nature and Sunsets Ice Cream Soft blankets and petting my animals Ocean and rain

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I AM statements can literally help strengthen your brain It’s true! The more positive statements you give yourself, the stronger your prefrontal cortex gets! Think of I AM statements like exercise for your brain!

This made me giggle This weekend I took some time to take care of myself Chiropractor and massage Ahhhh I feel rejuvenated! Don’t forget to take care of yourself!

Remove the masks and break down those walls

You are enough

This is a good idea! Who’s willing to take the challenge?!

Suicide and self-harm are two topics that are never easy to talk about Knowing what support is out there is so important and can be a start. If you or someone needs help, please use and share! Here are a few links that offer help and support: https://www.crisistextline.org/... https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

With it being Mental Health awareness month and A Million Steps OCD Walk just around the corner, this is an amazing time to donate!! June 9th is the walk here in Sacramento with the International OCD Foundation! It is all about breaking the stigma and supporting proper treatment for OCD and other related disorders!! If you would like to, click my link below to donate to the team I created!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas I have gotten to work with as well as the mamas who have allowed me to work with their families and children! Cheers to all of you!

Struggling with perfectionism or know someone who is? Come check out my friend Tracy as she talks about the challenges and management of perfectionism. I am seeing more and more of this with my adolescent clients This will be great info and it’s free!

Oh so true. This reminds me so many clients I’ve seen. Feeling stuck and miserable in any relationship is such an unhealthy way to live. I’ve had couples come in just for the support with ending their relationship. That takes strength and I respect that. Esther Perel is a fabulous Marriage and Family Therapist. I love her work!