Category: Staying in Love

• What is Anxiety?

  Like what you read? Share this post on social media. Anxiety Occasional anxiety is a natural part of being alive.  People can feel anxious before taking a test, going on a first date or driving on Ventura Blvd. at rush hour.  In contrast, anxiety disorders are more severe and longer-lasting than these intermittent anxieties. For…

  RenaPollak

  May 26, 2020

  Staying in Love

• What is Depression

  Like what you read? Share this post on social media.Depression According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 19 million Americans are living with depression right now.  Depression is a feeling of sadness, hopelessness, and emptiness. Depression must be taken seriously. Depression can be a situational passing mood or it can be a lifelong…

  RenaPollak

  May 26, 2020

  Staying in Love

• Don’t Get Stuck in Non-Acceptance

  

  Like what you read? Share this post on social media. When I was about 14, I had the realization that I wasn’t going to be beautiful.  Certainly not beautiful like the beautiful I saw on television.  The loss of that fantasy was hard to accept.  There was much gnashing of teeth and tears of despair…

  RenaPollak

  September 19, 2019

  Staying in Love

  Acceptance, letting go, moving on, psychotherapy, resistance, surrender, trauma

• Put Your Oxygen Mask on First

  

  Like what you read? Share this post on social media.Before you can help others you have to help yourself You need to put your oxygen mask on first before you can help others.  That’s what the airlines tell you.  But it also holds true for the rest of life.  You’re no good to others if…

  RenaPollak

  March 8, 2019

  Relationships, Staying in Love

  counseling, Encino, group therapy, psychotherapy, relationships