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Podcast: Learning To Cope With the Uncontrollable

Jenn talks to Dr. Lisa Coyne about tools and tips to better accept what we can’t control. Lisa provides strategies to manage work and life stress and shares ways to cope with what life throws our way. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD , is a senior clinical consultant at the Child and Adolescent OCD Institute...

Podcast: The Mental Perks To Setting Goals and Staying Motivated

Jenn talks to Dr. Lisa Coyne about how to build small habits and the importance of setting goals. They also discuss how to stay motivated and how to overcome mental hurdles. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD , is a senior clinical consultant at the Child and Adolescent OCD Institute (OCDI Jr.) at McLean Hospital...

Podcast: Your Questions About Anxiety, Answered

Jenn talks to Dr. Lisa Coyne about the types of anxieties that folks are coping with. Lisa talks about the difference between healthy and unhealthy anxiety and provides insight on keeping stress and fear from having a stronghold on our lives. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD , is an assistant professor of...

Podcast: Mindfulness for Kids & Teens

Jenn talks to Dr. Lisa Coyne about mindfulness and its benefits for kids and adolescents. Lisa provides a framework for mindfulness for kids, shares tips to get kids and teens involved in mindful practices, and talks about how we can all benefit from being a little more aware. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD...

Video: Find Your Way Back From Burnout

Not only is burnout an actual syndrome, but it’s everywhere. Chronic stress can be detrimental to physical health and mental health—and impacts the person experiencing the stress and those around them as well. So how can we identify burnout and address it before we’re completely zapped? Audience...

Podcast: Love Your Life Through the Science of Happiness

Jenn talks to Dr. Lisa Coyne about positive psychology and how we can create happiness hacks in our daily lives. Lisa shares tips and tricks from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to better handle unexpected stress and avoid self-sabotaging behaviors. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD , is an assistant...

Podcast: The Perks of Powering Down

Jenn talks to Dr. Lisa W. Coyne. Lisa discusses how we can work our way back from digital burnout, shares signs of screen fatigue, and explains the impact of too much screen time. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD , is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, part-time, at Harvard...

Video: Love Your Life Through the Science of Happiness

So many of us want to be the people who leap out of bed and start the day with a giant smile and a genuine joy for what their day holds. The weight of our responsibilities and stressors may make this unbridled happiness seem like a difficult feat—or one that we have to “fake it ’til we make it.” Add...

Podcast: Self-Acceptance’s Role In Good Mental Health

Jenn talks to Lisa W. Coyne, PhD . Lisa explains how acceptance, including self-acceptance, can help us handle life’s curveballs. She also explores the connection between mindfulness, our emotions, and how they can impact us and our loved ones. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, is a senior clinical consultant at...

Podcast: Let’s Talk About Child and Teen Mental Health

Today we talk to Dr. Lisa Coyne about child and teen mental health—discussing ways to navigate various conditions in kids and teens, methods to cope with anxiety around school, and strategies to develop a close bond with our children. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD , is an assistant professor of psychology in...

Podcast: Taking Back Life From Anxiety’s Grip

In this episode, Dr. Lisa Coyne discusses ways to identify anxiety vs. stress, talks about proven methods to offset our anxieties, and discusses strategies to help our loved ones—and ourselves—navigate having rational and irrational fears. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD , is an assistant professor of psychology...

Video: Become Friends With Your Anxiety

We all have anxiety—but it’s what we do with that anxiety that makes a difference. For many of us, we find anxiety to be unsettling. Some of us cope with feelings of anxiety pretty well and are more comfortable with unease, worry, or fear. So what’s their secret to managing anxiety so well? And how...

Video: Coping With the Uncontrollable

2020 gave us plenty of unexpected events and turned our lives upside down in many ways. Whether we’ve experienced job loss, grief, loss of community, kids learning from home, or some combination of stressors, we’ve been handed a lot to deal with in a very short amount of time. Many of us, especially...

Video: Mindfulness for Kids and Teens

How do you explain mindfulness to a child? Turns out, it can be as simple as giving your full attention to one thing at a time. But it can make a major, positive impact on how kids address their emotions and react to stressful situations. So how can our kids train their brains to be more mindful...

Video: The Perks of Powering Down

We all get 24 hours in a day. But how many of them do we spend on screens? If you’re like the rest of us, you spend a lot of time on the internet—and that time spent online can zap us physically, emotionally, and mentally. But what’s the first step in breaking our screen time habit? And how can we...

Video: Expert Answers to Your Burning Questions About Anxiety

Anxiety can be our friend—or foe. All of us experience anxiety, but it can be worse during stressful events, like public speaking, social events, relationship problems, stress on the job, and financial worries. A little bit of anxiety is healthy—but why is it so hard to feel at ease? Is it possible...

Video: The Role of Self-Acceptance for Good Mental Health

There are many positive mental health outcomes associated with acceptance. Being able to accept life’s curveballs helps us lead emotionally healthier and psychologically better lives. So why is it so difficult for us to be more accepting? And is acceptance like a muscle, where we can train ourselves...

Video: Managing Anxiety and Stress in the Workplace and at Home

For some, anxiety is brief and manageable. For others, it’s a chronic issue. For everyone with anxiety, it’s a mental health issue that can affect even the smallest of daily tasks. Stress usually goes hand-in-hand with anxiety, creating an even more complex situation that can impact the household...

Video: Pushing Back Against Feelings of Loneliness

If you find yourself craving human interaction but also feel like you’re having a hard time bonding with others, you may be lonely. Loneliness means more than being alone—you can be in a room full of people and still feel lonely. How do we combat feelings of loneliness to have a more fulfilled life...