Jessi talks about Ash's rescue from a neglectful home, reveals that not every story has a happy ending, and how important it is that the animals Animal Wonders rescues become ambassadors for their species.

How do you know what matters? If someone said what are your about? What are your values? Would be be able to tell them? You probably wouldn’t if you hadn’t already thought about this. It’s not because you don’t have any...

Do you catastrophize? In other words, do you tend to jump to the worst-case scenario when faced with a problem or challenge? If so, watch this video. You'll learn why we do this and more importantly, how to stop it.
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Random, unintentional thinking like you do when your mind wanders happens in a different part of the brain than intentional thoughts. And too much mind wandering is bad for you in that it makes you more anxious and unhappy. In...

Antidepressants can take anywhere from 2 -6 weeks to see a therapeutic effect. You may notice a little improvement sooner than that, but the usual is weeks.
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Did you know that social isolation can actually cause your brain to shrink? Watch this video to learn more about the effects of social isolation and what you can do to undo the changes.
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What is psychosis like for the people who experience it? In this video I discuss the symptoms of psychosis. Psychosis is the inability to determine reality from non-reality. It is a set of symptoms that can appear in many different...

What is Mixed Mania and How Do We Treat It? The official term for mixed mania is bipolar disorder either 1 or 2 with mixed features. With bipolar 1 disorder, you have episodes of depression and episodes of mania. With bipolar 2,...

Depersonalization is defined as feeling unreal and detached from your body’s thoughts, sensation and actions. It’s like you’re observing yourself and your thoughts. Things don’t seem real.
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Dissociative identity disorder develops when person fails to form a total personality that integrates all aspects of yourself and your emotions. For more on dissociative states watch this video on depersonalization. What Is...

When you feel distress, usually there is a combination of emotions and THOUGHTS associated with the emotions. The emotions are real reactions to thoughts that are usually distorted in some way. Here’s what you can do to break...

What ADHD is really like. It's more than problems with focus and concentration. I discuss ADHD in adulthood symptoms. ADHD and hyperfocus are an unexpected combination.
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The term ruminate means to run a thought over and over in your mind. This is the figurative definition. The literal definition refers to cows regurgitating their food to chew it over and over.
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This video talks about how to take melatonin correctly when your problem sleeping is falling asleep too late. People who are charged up in the evenings can spend a lifetime battling their body's natural drive to go to sleep later. Low...

Subclinical psychosis is a term some researchers have used to describe psychotic symptoms in people who don’t have a primary psychotic illness or as a way to identify people who are prone to later get a psychotic illness. It’s not really...

Do you sometimes feel like you're being too hard on yourself? That maybe your thoughts and feelings just don't line up with what everyone else seems to believe? If so, you might be struggling with scrupulosity. In this video, I talk...

Not all problems with attention are ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). The reason it is important is because you don’t want to take stimulants if problems with attention and focus if these problems are not the...

So you think you might be experiencing intrusive thoughts? In this video, I'm going to show you the difference between normal thoughts and intrusive thoughts how your normal thoughts can develop into intrusive thoughts. I will also show...

Bipolar hypersexuality is a common symptom during the manic phase. The hypersexuality symptoms can look like having sex outside of an exclusive relationship, sex with multiple partners or sex with strangers. But it doesn't have to mean...

This is a positive affirmation meditation designed to give you a script to replace your negative thoughts with positive ones. What you think guides your actions. The more you can focus on positive thoughts, the easier it is to diffuse...

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurological disorder that affects how people process information and can lead to problems with focus, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Despite being one of the most common mental...

Health anxiety is a term that combines two disorders from the DSM-5: somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder. Previous versions of the DSM called it hypochondriasis. And from this term came the pejorative label,...

Today I’m talking about how to stay motived and positive while you’re stuck at home. This is based on a viewer question from Kelly. She asked how should she deal with fluctuating mood and energy levels in this time of...