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Can You Measure Your Energy in Spoonfuls? Understanding Spoon Theory for Your Mental Health and Chronic Illness
Managing life with a chronic illness or mental health challenges can be overwhelming. One day, you may feel like you could conquer the...

Cara Gruhala
Mar 74 min read
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How to Effectively Set Limits with Children: A Guide for Parents
Have you ever tried to have your child pause their video game when its time for dinner? Tried to get a toddler to hold your hand in a...

Cara Gruhala
Feb 263 min read
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On Hibernation
My blogging is sparse at best, but when inspiration hits, I jump on here. For the last several Novembers I have found a pattern in some...

Cara Gruhala
Nov 13, 20244 min read
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Unearthing addiction
...to social media. Here's update #1 on my attempted social media mini hiatus. See my previous post for the outline of goals. addiction...

Cara Gruhala
Feb 24, 20244 min read
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Therapist as guinea pig
Let me say this in a different way. In my undergrad I actively decided not to pursue a psychology major because a professor had me...

Cara Gruhala
Feb 12, 20245 min read
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After School Restraint Collapse
For most in this area, the 2023-2024 school year has begun. Parents, students, and educators are working on getting back into routines....

Cara Gruhala
Aug 25, 20234 min read
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August slips away...
Don't worry, it doesn't have to. It's just that most people I work with talk about some level of anxiety surrounding the season change...

Cara Gruhala
Aug 2, 20233 min read
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Time to get small.
It's happened again. We reel. We cry. We sit in silence, but not stunned silence, because this is all too familiar. Another. School....

Cara Gruhala
May 24, 20224 min read
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