By, Lindsay Simon, LMFT When will this all be over? It’s a common question and though vaccinations are underway, it sometimes feels like the end to COVID life can’t come soon enough. A negative mentality can lead to frustration, anxiety, stress, or feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. It’s true that what we once knew as normal may not look or feel the same for a while. Here are some steps toward finding a sense of

How to Improve Your Relationship in Just 45 Seconds a Day July 21, 2021 by Lindsay Simon, LMFT, Clinical Director of A Balanced Life Research shows that happy, long-lasting relationships have at a minimum of a 5:1 ratio of positive encounters to negative throughout the day.  Every positive encounter adds to a couples “emotional bank account” which is depleted during a negative interaction at a rate 5 or more times stronger.  This is due to

Check out Erin Kelly’s recent article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune for tips on how to improve your relationship with food. 

This article by ABL therapist, Lisa Barker, LMFT, includes vital information for parents, especially during the pandemic. Teens are already a vulnerable population and with all of the disruptions to the norm, it’s good to have some guidelines for evaluating if your child is in need of professional support.  

Tune into 101.5 KTKE, this Saturday and Sunday at 4 pm to hear Lindsay share about productive ways to have conversations about politics and contentious social issues whether with family or friends, or the folks you work with. These mini-episodes are archived online, so if you miss the times or are seeing this later, you can listen here.