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How to manage anxiety

July 25, 2021 by Natasha Dedijer-Turner Leave a Comment

Anxiety is pretty common-nearly everyone has experienced anxiety at some point in their lives. Recent statistics find that 18.1% of the population of the United States of America is impacted by anxiety every year. Anxiety is treatable, yet the Anxiety & Depression Association of America found that only 36.9% of those suffering from anxiety receive […]

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How to deal with a toxic parent

July 18, 2021 by Natasha Dedijer-Turner Leave a Comment

“I want to end my relationship with a toxic parent who caused me trauma – what’s the best approach?” Every child deserves engaged, fully present parents. It is important that you recognize that you are not responsible for their decisions-then or now. It is not your responsibility to manage their emotions. As a child, your […]

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Food Pushers

July 17, 2019 by Natasha Dedijer-Turner Leave a Comment

Food serves many purposes. Its primary function is biological-to provide nourishment and the basic nutrients to sustain our body and its many functions. Food by its very definition and use is nutrition-it is what we consume to sustain our bodies so we can live. Without food or adequate nutrition we cannot survive. But food has […]

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Is my family enmeshed?

May 12, 2019 by Natasha Dedijer-Turner Leave a Comment

Having a hard time seeing where you start and your friend/partner/family member end? During the 1970s, Salvador Minuchen introduced the concept of enmeshment and enmeshed families. Enmeshment is a term used to describe the blurring of personal boundaries. Whether it’s a relationship between family members, partners or spouses, limits simply don’t exist in enmeshed relationships, […]

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