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Feeling Lost in Life: Why People May Not Recognize Their Adverse Childhood Experiences

Feeling lost in life is a disorienting experience that many individuals face at some point. They struggle to find a sense of purpose, direction, or fulfillment, often without understanding the underlying causes. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can have a profound impact on an individual’s well-being, shaping their lives in significant ways. However, it is not […]

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Holistic Mental Health Counseling: Benefits for the LGBTQIA+ Community

Blog / Christina Corso, LAC, NCC

Individuals who are questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation or who are thinking about coming out, frequently experience stress and worry. Concerns about discrimination or stigma from society, as well as uncertainty about how to proceed, can all be the source of these emotions, as can the dread of rejection or unpleasant reactions from

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Surviving the Teen Years: From “My Teen Won’t Talk to Me” to Increased Harmony in the Home

Blog / David B White LPC

Introducing an Online Teen and Family Services Healing Workshop You love your family, but is something just off? For some families, “my teen won’t talk to me” seems to be the main concern. For others, it’s the subtly different “my teen won’t listen to me.” Or perhaps you or your teen feels empowered by their

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Friends at the end: Secrets to an amicable divorce

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

Whether it feels like a far-off fantasy or is something you’re already living, an amicable divorce can make all the difference in what your new beginning looks like after an end. Some couples approach the end of their marriage with a lot of peace at the idea of parting ways. Even when it’s painful, they

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Spring Stress Teens are Facing This Year

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

With spring comes the fresh hope of good weather, blooming flowers, and a social calendar full to bursting. It’s an exciting time, right? Right? Maybe not. For teenagers from Monmouth and around the country, the pressures of the last couple of years are compounding on top of exam season and prom uncertainty that already has

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Managing Stress & Discovering Self-Awareness with Mindfulness

Blog / David B White LPC

If you often feel overwhelmed by stress, or find yourself online searching, “stress management therapist near me,” mindfulness can be a tool to help decrease your stress levels in the meantime before you find a therapist, or practiced in combination with therapy. Over the last few years, with the stress of COVID, online school, working

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How Goal Setting Will Unlock Your Ultimate Potential

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

There’s so much space between feeling like you want to do something and actually doing it. If you’re wondering what to do when you feel lost in life or how to reach your goals that seem so far into the distance, individual therapy can help. It functions to help you bridge that divide with as

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What’s the Deal with Sugar and How it Impacts Our Mental Health?

Blog / Emily Hudak, LAC

Sugar consumption has immense repercussions on mental health. Sugar is found everywhere – even in the most unsuspecting places. Within the Standard American Diet, otherwise known as “SAD,” it is nearly impossible to avoid. It seems we are well acquainted with the impact that sugar has on our physical health, given it remains the culprit

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5 Ways Therapy is the Secret Ingredient to Fulfilment

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

Leading a fulfilling life is the real American dream. No matter what your career goals, romantic dreams, or family life looks like, you want to feel like you’ve made a difference and you’re heading toward something you can believe in. Lots of people strive for those things on their own, and in so many ways,

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Letting Go of Toxic Love

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

Toxic relationships are hot in contentious stories, prime-time television, and gossip magazines. But what does it look like when that toxic love finds its way into your life, and you’re ready to move on? Leaving toxic relationships can be a complex and painful process, so let’s talk about what that might look like and how

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Chronic Stress Management in Today’s Day and Age

Blog / Emily Hudak, LAC

Stress is an accessory we all seem to carry. It comes in all shapes and sizes and can cause a myriad of issues involving both the body and the mind. The importance of stress management and the education around the role that stress has on our minds and our bodies is severely underemphasized. In a

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Anxious Thoughts are Failing Us

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

You know it’s coming before it takes hold as your pulse begins to race alongside your thoughts. What if, how about, you can’t, there might.., The possibilities are almost as endless as the dead ends you seem to hit when you try to come to grips with the anxious thoughts running through your mind. Anxiety

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Top 10 Foods to Support Your Mental Health

Blog / Emily Hudak, LAC

While a well-balanced diet is key to optimal health, there are certain foods that are especially nourishing to the brain and the body. By consistently integrating these foods into your daily and weekly routine, your body and brain will have the necessary vitamins and nutrients to function at their best. At Awakened Path, we firmly

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Six Life-Changing Secrets to Being Good at Therapy

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

Wouldn’t it be cool if there were cheat codes for therapy? Like a guide, you could look up or a Wikipedia article that will tell you exactly what you need to ace therapy. That would be amazing- but do you want to know a secret? You don’t need it. Within you, you already hold all

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Rethinking Resolutions: Why “New Year, New You” is Toxic

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

The title of this blog is a bold statement but we think it’s one you really need to hear. Your New Year’s Resolution isn’t helping you and, in fact, it might be hurting you. We’ve got all the details on how it’s toxic, and what you can try instead. 1. It implies you’re not

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How does food insecurity affect mental health?

Blog / Emily Hudak, LAC

Food insecurity is a widespread, global issue that affects the lives of thousands of individuals every day. Aside from several other factors influenced by food insecurity, mental health is inevitably impacted as well. Stress related to the limited access to food as well as the low quality of food consumed due to an inability to

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P.L.E.A.S.E. Stress Management Skills: Part 5

Blog / David B White LPC

Stress is an inevitable reality of being a person. We all face stressors of varying degrees or find ourselves in particularly stressful seasons of life at one time or another. Perhaps you’re heading into finals week or only have a few more rehearsals until opening night. Maybe the expectations of the holidays are starting to

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The Secret Mental Health Super-tool You’re Already Using

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

Can I tell you a secret? It’s one you already know—but I bet you have no idea that your 95th watch of The Office is actually helping your mental health every time you watch it. Wait, what? You read that right! Re-watching, re-reading, and re-listening to your favorite media is a powerful mental health

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Nutrition Facts and Holiday Snacks

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

Whether you’re rewriting your relationship with food or just focusing on creating more holistic healing around your nutritional intake, holidays often amplify the pressure of getting the balance just right. But can we tell you a secret? You don’t have to work so hard to give your body what it needs. There is space to

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Holistic Guide to Managing Stress & Finding Balance

Blog / Emily Hudak, LAC

In a society that romanticizes ‘the grind,’ it can be difficult to remain cognizant of the importance of managing stress and finding balance in life. Given that modern American culture promotes the illusion that in order to be successful, you must work hard, we’ve been misled and have become confused. Within this belief system, productivity

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Your Guide to Dysfunctional Family Holidays

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

Here in the middle of this most wonderful time of the year, are you feeling the strain to pretend that wonder and merriment is your reality? Holidays (and celebrating them) feel a lot different when you’re bound to a dysfunctional family. Whether by marriage, blood, or a sense of obligation that encompasses both and then

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Depression in December

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

December hits a little different when you’re depressed, doesn’t it? It’s a dash to the finish line where you’re also trying to prioritize the now, soak up the moments, and make the most of presents and presence in the present. While that’s more than enough for anyone to be feeling the weight of depression this

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How Vitamins & Holistic Nutrition Can Support for Your Mental Health

Blog / Emily Hudak, LAC

Nutrition plays a pivotal role in mental health. Alongside a variety of other lifestyle factors, a balanced, nutrient-dense diet should be made a priority as we strive to create a life well lived. Using the science of nutrition and integrative medicine to track your mental health, we can get a clearer image about how we’re

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Grief Therapy and Dealing with Loss Amid COVID-19

Blog / Maria Spada, LPC, ACS

Whether we’re actively dealing with loss or choosing to receive support through grief therapy, the truth is we’re all coping. That’s the long and short of the way we each manage the magnitude of change we’ve been dealt by COVID-19. Amid the crises of faith, the questions of science and the rewriting of our social,

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How Can the PLEASE Stress Management Skill Help Me? Part 4

Blog / David B White LPC

Welcome to part four of our series on the PLEASE Stress Management Skills of DBT. We’ve already covered P-L-E and A in part one, two and three. We are now focusing on the last two stress management skills associated with PLEASE. These are possibly the most straightforward and obvious of the suggestions, and yet show

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Feeling Lost in Life: Why People May Not Recognize Their Adverse Childhood Experiences

Holistic Mental Health Counseling: Benefits for the LGBTQIA+ Community

Surviving the Teen Years: From “My Teen Won’t Talk to Me” to Increased Harmony in the Home

Friends at the end: Secrets to an amicable divorce

Spring Stress Teens are Facing This Year

Managing Stress & Discovering Self-Awareness with Mindfulness

How Goal Setting Will Unlock Your Ultimate Potential

What’s the Deal with Sugar and How it Impacts Our Mental Health?

5 Ways Therapy is the Secret Ingredient to Fulfilment

Letting Go of Toxic Love

Chronic Stress Management in Today’s Day and Age

Anxious Thoughts are Failing Us

Top 10 Foods to Support Your Mental Health

Six Life-Changing Secrets to Being Good at Therapy

Rethinking Resolutions: Why “New Year, New You” is Toxic

How does food insecurity affect mental health?

P.L.E.A.S.E. Stress Management Skills: Part 5

The Secret Mental Health Super-tool You’re Already Using

Nutrition Facts and Holiday Snacks

Holistic Guide to Managing Stress & Finding Balance

Your Guide to Dysfunctional Family Holidays

Depression in December

How Vitamins & Holistic Nutrition Can Support for Your Mental Health

Grief Therapy and Dealing with Loss Amid COVID-19

How Can the PLEASE Stress Management Skill Help Me? Part 4

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