Have You Seen Inside Out 2?

Have You Seen Inside Out 2?

by Cara Reeves, PhD, Girlology's Director of Mental Wellness I admit it; I’m obsessed with the new Inside Out 2 movie. As a psychologist, I have to say that the creators (Dave Holstein, Kelsey Mann, Megan LeFauve) NAILED IT! The story gives a perfect depiction of the...
Is She Depressed or Just Moody?

Is She Depressed or Just Moody?

Those moods. As a parent, you watch them morph as your daughter cartwheels into adolescence and then slams the door in your face.  Sometimes she’s her “usual” self. 😊 Sometimes she’s so …  👹 🐍 🥊 🎭 🛸 🗯 🤷🏾‍♀️. There’s no doubt it worries you. We hear it all the time,...
How to Help Her When She’s Moody

How to Help Her When She’s Moody

Real quick – Tell me what word you would use to label this group of emotions: happy, joyful, confident, excited, victorious 😁 Ok, how about these? angry, jealous, sad, lonely, scared 😭 Did you use positive and negative? Good and bad? Healthy and unhealthy? When...
When Family Dinners Become Difficult

When Family Dinners Become Difficult

If you were to take a few minutes before bed every night for a week to ponder and write down “Three Good Things” from your day, research says you’d experience an increase in happiness, hope, and optimism. If you were to stick with it longer, you’d grow resilience and...