F YMonth: March 25, 2020

The Day the Earth Sneezed

The Day the Earth Sneezed Written by: Jessica Conaway, LMHC Jessica Conaway is a licensed mental health therapist in the state of Florida. The majority of her practice is focused on children and families, helping them navigate stressful situations together.  During the Covid-19 outbreak she saw a need to address the anxiety and fears faced […]

Losing Our Laughter

“God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh” – H.L. Mencken There’s a great blog by James Altucher entitled “What happened to all the laughter?”.  He notes that kids laugh an average of 300 times a day but adults only 5 times a day.  What a loss!!  Kids are still in […]

Office preparations for Coronavirus

To Our Clients At Life Skills Resource Group we want you to know your safety is of utmost concern to us. We wanted to take a moment to let you know what precautions we plan to take to help keep us all safe. What we will be doing We will be removing all magazines and […]

The Luck Of the Irish

“You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind” -Irish Proverb So you want the “luck of the Irish”?  We think this refers to an abundance of good fortune long enjoyed by the Irish, but in truth they endured 1,000 years of invasions, exploitation, starvation and immigration before this expression even came […]

Trichotillomania- Hair Pulling

Why do people pull their hair out? The short answer is “it just feels good”. Even though it can cause a lot of distress and embarrassment it feels good to the people who do it. What is Trichotillomania Recurrent hair pulling with noticeable hair loss Tension before pulling or when attempting to resist Pleasure, gratification, […]

Have a Vision, Not a Goal

“In order to carry out a positive action we must first develop a positive vision” – Dalai Lama If you want to accomplish as much as you possibly can, the most important thing to get right is the vision. This is essentially the same as setting your GPS.  Without entering a destination, you don’t stand […]