by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 31, 2020 | Highly Sensitive Person
Whatever your age or relationship status, living with another person has its ups and downs. For Highly Sensitive People, living with anyone can be especially challenging – for either or both parties. You may think that you would automatically know how to live...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 31, 2020 | Disordered Eating
Someone you love has been diagnosed with an eating disorder. You Monday morning quarterback and rack your brain. Would your loved one even have an eating disorder if you had known about subtle warning signs of eating disorders? Maybe. Maybe not. In any event, please...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 25, 2020 | Body Image Issues
Most of us judge people by their appearance. And more specifically, by their weight. Weight stigma, weight bias, and weight discrimination are real. Even though we know we shouldn’t “judge a book by its cover”, we often do. Judgments can be so...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 25, 2020 | Anxiety & Depression
Did you know that anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problem in America? About 40 million Americans have a diagnosed anxiety disorder. Depression is also common, affecting about 20 million adults in this country. Despite being so common, anxiety and...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 24, 2020 | Disordered Eating
Parents often blame themselves when their child has an eating disorder. Or they blame the child. The cause of eating disorders is way more complicated than faulting parents or the child. When parents know about risk factors for eating disorders, they recognize just...