By Jenna D’Angelo, LAC, Mindful Connections Counseling I am a proud mom to my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, who has taught me SO many lessons since the day she arrived. Some lessons are practical such as how to function on little to no sleep and complete household chores with one hand, while others are funny-but-true like […]
Food allergies are often misunderstood and stigmatized. The experience of living with food allergies in adulthood is challenging; even if you have been navigating your diagnosis since childhood. For many, it can be traumatic. Events like dinners with friends, work lunches with colleagues, and dating can quickly turn from joyful to anxiety-provoking. Your fears may […]
Dealing with food allergies is challenging enough, but when you add intergenerational misunderstandings to the mix, the struggle can become emotionally overwhelming. Many parents of children with food allergies find themselves caught in a delicate dance of trying to provide protection and educating others, all while navigating family dynamics. In this blog, we’ll explore why […]
For many late diagnosed neurodivergent women, myself included, understanding your neurotype can be pivotal in exploring other aspects of your identity – like sexuality and gender identity. Understanding AuDHD felt like finding the answer to a question I had been pondering my entire life. While this newfound understanding of my neurotype felt affirming, it also […]
Living with food allergies can be overwhelming—not just for the person with allergies but for their loved ones as well. As someone who lives with food allergies and is a therapist specializing in food allergy anxiety and trauma, I’ve seen firsthand how challenging it can be to navigate this journey together. But I’ve also witnessed […]
The AuDHD Mother’s Handbook: Affirming Therapy for Women in Branchburg, NJ Children are such joys, blessings, gifts. They are also loud, messy, unpredictable, and in a word, overstimulating. There are endless demands in parenthood. For neurodivergent mothers, the demands of parenthood can be particularly taxing. There is that nagging thought, that fear of never being […]
Many women discover their neurodivergence later in life. This is often after years of misdiagnosis or struggling with unexplained challenges. The journey typically involves a constellation of symptoms that can be attributed to various conditions: anxiety, depression, burnout, or “just being lazy.” But for many women, these symptoms are actually manifestations of undiagnosed ADHD, complicated […]
Just one more hour, I tell myself. Even as the words formulate in my mind, I know they are a lie. A lie that I have told myself over and over again. A lie that has time and time again resulted in sitting in a space in pain and trying to push through or pretend I […]
Our body is our vessel It stores all of our energy, power, memories, and is what keeps us going from day to day. As an athlete, it is incredibly common to have a love/hate relationship with our body. The pressure to be a certain body type and weight is constantly on our minds and sometimes […]
Family therapy first established roots as a form of counseling between the 1950s-1960s. It had one focus: to understand the effects of family on loved ones with mental health diagnoses. Bringing the family into the counseling room was meant to help identify how they have affected the diagnosis of the identified patient. This method makes it […]