✨ What does it mean to truly rise into your potential? For me, rising is a declaration—it’s about embracing your inner power and stepping into the life you’re meant to lead. 🌟 What does rising into your full potential look like for you? Comment below or message me. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Today's #wipwednesday is less fun and more meditative. How do you unwind? #yarn #knitting

A final tip here for sustaining New Year's Resolutions!! 🤔💪🏼 Engage in the new, desired behavior for the behavior itself, rather than focusing on the outcome. Link threaded below with more! 💪🏼🤔📒✍️🏼🤓😎 #NewYearsResolutions #resolutionstips #behaviorchange #yougotthis #DrMattB

Another tip for maintaining New Year's Resolutions (because it's hard and we could use it!!) 💪🏻 Tie your resolution to something that you already enjoy, such as listening to a podcast or audiobook that you like while doing the new activity. Link with more threaded 💪🏻🎧🎶📖🤓

Continuing with New Year's Resolution tips! 🤔💪🏻 Fit your resolution into your routine in a way that you know will work for you (for example, doing new activities before or after work or on the weekends). Link threaded below with more! 💪🏻✍️🏻🙌🏻😎

Another tip for sustaining New Year's Resolutions 💪🏼✍🏼 Tie your resolution to something that you enjoy: hiking to get exercise, for example, if you enjoy hiking 🏞️🥾 Link with more threaded! 💪🏼🙌🏼✍🏼🤓 #NewYearsResolutions #sustainableresolutions #positivechange #behavioralhealth #DrMattB

How can we have a better chance at successfully keeping resolutions? It can start with your choice of resolution 🤔💪🏻✍️🏻 Choose a resolution that has personal meaning and that you can tie to your values. Link with more threaded! 🤔🤲🏻🙌🏻

Why are resolutions so hard to sustain sometimes?! 😩🤔 Because of the natural human tendency of "drift" -- the tendency to return to old, established habits -- they are difficult to keep going for the long-term. Link threaded belpw with more info! 😫🤔💪🏻🙌🏻

If you are a couple and one of you has a chronic illness, things have gotten complicated, right? That’s why I wrote this book, to help you thrive even so. It’s available now wherever you buy your books! #chronicillness #TherapistSky

Why Setting Family Boundaries Triggers You, and What Helps | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conq...

We hope that you’ve had a great holiday season, and wishing you all a safe, happy New Year celebration. Best wishes for the new year! 🎄🥳🍾✨ #HapyHolidays #HappyNewYear #2025 #2026 #DrMattB

It's that time of year again!! What *are* resolutions, anyways? 🤔 Resolutions are an effort to incorporate a new behavior into one's routine, or to make some sort of positive change in one's life 🤔💪🏻 Link threaded below with more! 🙌🏻💪🏻😎

Oprah recently hosted a conversation on family estrangement and the choice to go no-contact. Shortly after, the New York Times ran a piece which only amplified the public discussion. Since then, I’ve noticed a wave of commentary—some helpful, but some unfortunately deeply misinformed.

TT Job Posting: Sharing for a colleague Morningside University (Iowa, USA) is hiring an asst. prof. TT position in counseling psychology to start 8/26. Seeking counseling/clinical/social work expertise and ability to teach counseling-related courses www.morningside.edu/about/employ...

Feeling stressed or blue this holiday? One strategy to help: calling or messaging someone you appreciate can boost mood. More at the link threaded below! 😓🤔📞📱 Hoping everyone is having a lovely holiday season! 🎄✨ #gratitude #gratitudepractice #holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB

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Reduce holiday stress with better boundaries. betterboundariesworkbook.com/boundaries-f...

Holiday stress....phew! 😮‍💨🎄 Writing down or repeating to yourself 5 positive events from the week, and their effect on you (big or small), can help boost mood and feel relief 😮‍💨🎄🤲🏼✨ #holidaystress #copingtips #DrMattB

Get your boundaries in place now for a smoother holiday! Healthy Holiday Boundaries | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conq...

From gift shopping to social events to travel, the holidays can truly get stressful 😱🎄 One approach that can help: say "no" to some things if you're feeling overwhelmed, and to have "you" time. Link threaded below! 🎄🧐🤓✨ #holidaystress #noisacompletesentence #DrMattB

Strategy to cope with holiday stress 😮‍💨🎁🎄 Try sending a gratitude letter to someone in your life, past or present, who had any positive impact on you ✍🏼💌 🙏🏼🎄🎁✨ #holidaystress #gratitudeletter #DrMattB

There’s something to be said for small rituals. Maybe it’s Saturday football, or Sunday morning pancakes, or just sitting in the same spot on the couch when the house finally quiets down. They’re proof that life can be steady even when the rest of it isn’t. #mentalhealth #life #therapistsky

Who's Really Behind the Rise in Family Estrangements? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conq...

Living Loss: A Hidden Form of Grief | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conq...

Feeling that holiday blues? Season got you feeling stressed? 😮‍💨 We have tips to help! Try sending a letter to someone in your life, past or present, for social connection 💌 More at the link in bio 🎄🤲🏼🙏🏼✨ #holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB

To help ease the holiday blues and holiday stress, find ways to connect with other people, if you can, even that's virtually 😔🤔🎄 Link with more threaded 😃🤓✨ #holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB

#FridayFeelGoods 🤲🏻 Things can get really hectic during the holiday season. It's okay to say "no" to some things of you're feeling overwhelmed and need a little "you" time! 😌🎄✨ #holidaystress #youcansayno

Another tip for managing holiday blues and holiday stress 😓😮‍💨 Write down positive events that happened in the past week, even small things like sunny weather or a smile from someone ✍🏻📖 More at the link below! ✍🏻☀️😃🤓 #holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB mattbphd.com/emotional-mi...

Holiday stress and blues: both very real! 😱😞🎄 Engage in non-holiday activities that give you enjoyment and a sense of meaning, even if you do them alone. More at the threaded link, and stay tuned for more info and coping tips! 🤔🤲🏻🤓 #holidayblues #holidaystress #DrMattB

Another gratitude strategy: expressing gratitude to others (e.g. through letters) can also boost our mood! More at the link below 🤔💌✍🏼🙌🏼 #grateful #gratitudeletters #DrMattB

Happy Thanksgiving from Dr. Matt B to all human emoters and to all mental health professionals! 🙏🏼🦃 I am grateful for all that you do!! Have a grateful and safe day!! 🤲🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼 #DrMattB #HappyThanksgiving #grateful

Numerous studies have concluded that psilocybin causes cells of the body to not drop the telomeres as often. This means that many cells can have up to five years greater lifespan when psilocybin is applied to them. This could defer many effects of aging. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Did you know that research shows there's actually a specific way to do gratitude journaling that makes it most effective? 🤔 For best gratitude journal effect: journal once a week, reflecting on 5 or so things. Link threaded below with more 📒✍🏼🙏🏼 #gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB

Gratitude journaling on small or large things can bring emotional and mental health benefit (it all counts, it all helps!) ✍🏻📒 📒🙏🏻 #gratitudepractice #gratitudejournaling #DrMattB mattbphd.com/emotional-mi...

Gratitude journaling is a great gratitude practice, an accessible way to get the emotional benefits of gratitude! ✍🏻📔🙏🏻 Gratitude journaling, like it sounds, involves journaling or writing down some things that you're grateful for in your life 🙏🏻📔✍🏻

Enmeshed relationships lack boundaries. Here's how and why to start setting them. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conq...

The holidays are approaching--and let's be honest, they can be triggering! Managing Emotional Triggers During the Holidays | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conq...

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Thanksgiving is around the corner! 🦃🍁🍂 Many people like to practice gratitude during the holidays (and that's great!), but one can also practice gratitude *any* time of the year. Some emerging research demonstrates that gratitude has a number of mental health benefits. Link with more 👇🏼! 🙏🏼📒✍🏼✨🤓

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Did you catch out latest episode featuring Dr. Jalie Tucker & Dr. Katie Witkiewitz? It is never too late! Give it a listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/56wM...

#FridayFeelGoods 🤲🏼🤓 "Meaningful activities can be smaller-scale things, things that you can do with your time and which you might not have planned in." ~Dr. Matt B on meaningful activities 🤓🤲🏼 #meaningfulactivities #gooddeeds #helpinghands #positivity #positiveemotions #DrMattB

12 Tips to Address Procrastination Enjoy your productive journey. Peace and blessings, Winston.💜🙏🏾 #Procrastination #GoalSetting #growth #growthmindset #personalgrowth #selfgrowth #personaldevelopment #mindfulness #selfimprovement #selfgrowth #selfdevelopment #growthmindset #selfcare #mindfulness

This is such a great episode!

Check out this new episode of the Addiction Psychologist. In it, Drs. Tucker and Witkiewitz discuss how the reciprocal relationship between a person and their environment influence an addiction recovery attempt.

How can I go about boosting my mood when feeling down? 🥺🤔 Meaningful activities can be spontaneous or planned, social or non-social. Meaningful activities can be done in a scheduled sense, or more spontaneously when one may feel the need for a mood boost.

To feel more positive when we're down, how does one choose their meaningful activities? 🤲🏼🤔 It can help to choose meaningful activities that contribute to a cause that's personally meaningful to you 🙏🏼

#FridayFeelGoods🙏🏼🤲🏼 "Giving your time to something, to an organization or good cause, can bring a lot of emotional benefit." ~Dr. Matt B on spending time doing meaningful activities 🕜👏🏼🤲🏼🙏🏼 #helpinghands #gooddeeds #volunteering #positiveemotions #emotionalhealth #DrMattB

🧠 New research shows that narcissism fuels trolling — not just for attention, but through malicious envy. Seeing others succeed can trigger hostility, amplified by exposure to antisocial media content. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Psychology #SocialMedia #Research #Criminology