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When you go through a tough experience and feel overwhelmed, your brain cannot process information as it ordinarily does. Because the memory isn't properly "digested" in your memory network, when you're reminded of the event, you might feel as if it's happening, because the sounds, smells, images and feelings were frozen in time and haven't been sorted.

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Satiating the need for Emotional Connection

In the past blog I discussed the concept of emotional hunger.

If you’re in relationships that feel disconnected or where you're left thirsty for real, steady connections, read on. What are emotional needs? And what does it meant to feel emotionally satiated?

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Boundaries, Love and RelationshipsEsther GoldsteinSeptember 14, 2017relationships counseling nassau county, trust in relationships, healing emotional issues, emotional hunger counseling nassau, five towns counseling for anxiety, find-a-therapist-five-townsComment

15 Steps To Personal Success

I'm frequently asked how I define success. Anyone who has met me knows that I'm all about movement and progress but not at the price of your sanity. I lean into the definition in a gentle yet curious fashion. Your success is a completely different reality and has such different flavor than the person right in front, behind or beside you on the train of life.

Anxiety, Emotional Neglect, Boundaries, Coping Skills, Love and RelationshipsEsther GoldsteinSeptember 11, 2017self esteem counseling nassau, success and goals five towns, identity and values counseling, self esteem and self confidence therapy long island, psychotherapy for relationships in five towns nassau county

Suicide Awareness Month-7 Tips

September is Suicide Awareness month, which is specifically targeted to raising awareness and adding support to those in pain. According to US Department for Health and Human Services, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and the rates are on the rise. So what can you do? If you have a loved one who may be struggling with mental health or suicidal thoughts or tendencies, here are some 7 preventative tips for safety!

7 Tips for Prevention and Safety:

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Are You Emotionally Hungry?

What is this thing we call hunger? Hunger represents the physiological need to eat food. Feeling satiated is the absence of hunger. Appetite is the desire to eat food. When your belly is empty, the hormone called ghrelin is produced by the stomach triggering a hunger message. Satiety is the feeling of fullness that tells you to stop eating. Now let's look at emotional hunger, its sensations and how it plays itself out.

Anxiety, Depression, Self Confidence + EsteemEsther GoldsteinSeptember 7, 2017trauma therapy, counseling nassau county, anxiety therapy long island, emotional eating therapy, intuitive eating nassau, mind-body counseling, heal your relationship with food counseling nassau, five towns body image therapy, therapy for perfectionism nassauComment

Harvard on Happiness- Tips to Increase Quality of Life

Most human are chasing the feeling of happiness.

Based on a recent survey given to millennials about their most important life goals, over 80% responded by saying they would like to get rich, and over 50% of the same group shared that they would also like to attain fame in their lifetime.

The not-so-subtle message we receive is to do more, work harder and keep spinning that wheel until we achieve.

Emotional Neglect, Coping Skills, Couples Counseling, Love and RelationshipsEsther GoldsteinSeptember 3, 2017relationships counseling nassau county, trauma treatment, anxiety therapy long island, anxiety treatment five towns, attachment and relationships, best psychologist and counseling for anxiety long islandComment

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