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How to Move Forward After a Pregnancy Loss
Losing a child is one of the most devastating experiences any parent can go through. This includes losing a baby before birth. And one of the hardest aspects of pregnancy loss is that friends and family may not understand the depth … Continue reading
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Tagged coping with a miscarriage, dealing with pregnancy loss, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy loss grief
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How to Better Cope with Life
Our modern American lifestyle seems to generate a great deal of stress, whether from our jobs, our home life, relationships, finances, or unexpected major life-changing events. Knowing how to cope can help prevent these stressors from causing a feeling of … Continue reading
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Tagged coping with life, coping with stress, decreasing frustration, decreasing stress
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How Infertility Impacts Your Mental Health
The stress associated with infertility comes from many different directions. Recognizing the sources of psychological stressors is the first step to combatting them. As an individual or couple struggling with infertility, you have medical professionals addressing your physical health, but … Continue reading
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Symptoms of Stress and Anxiety
Everyone experiences stress, especially in the busy world in which we now live, including New York City – one of the busiest places in which to live. So while we in NYC have many exciting opportunities in our fast-paced city, … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, difference between stress and anxiety, mental health, stress, symptoms of anxiety
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When Your Toxic Boss Causes You Stress
A toxic boss can wreak havoc on your mental health. In order to protect yourself and your career, you may need to make some important changes in order to free yourself from the emotional stress caused by this unhealthy environment. … Continue reading
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Tagged dealing with a bad boss, reducing work stress, stress at work, toxic boss
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Infertility When Everyone Else Is Pregnant
Infertility affects 12% to 15% of couples in the United States. The emotional pain caused by infertility can be quite intense and can be triggered by almost anything: the sight of children, a pregnant woman, or an invitation to a … Continue reading
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Tagged coping with infertility, infertility, infertility struggles
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Insurance and Infertility
New York is one of only 15 states that require insurance companies to cover some infertility treatments. In New York, insurance covers most fertility tests and procedures. This means one less stressor for an already very upsetting situation. An estimated … Continue reading
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Questions to Ask in Couples Therapy
After years of helping couples here in NYC, I know that the hardest step in marriage counseling is showing up. If you are both there, hopefully, it is because you both see your relationship as worth repairing. Attending couples therapy … Continue reading
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Tagged couples counseling, couples therapy, marriage counseling, questions asked in couples counseling, what to expect in couples therapy
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Managing Long-Term Infertility
About 15% of American couples experience infertility, which is defined as the inability to conceive after a year of trying. About 7% of couples will conceive in the second year. But that leaves many couples struggling with infertility over an … Continue reading
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Tagged coping with infertility, infertility, long-term infertility
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