Sage House Blog
Find insightful articles, practical tips, and expert advice to help your family thrive. Topics include child and family therapy, art therapy, stress management, sleep improvement, and more.
Helping Teens Socialize During the Pandemic
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for everyone, including adolescents and their parents. Many kids and teens have been isolated to some degree from friends, classmates, teachers, and family. Read on for ideas for helping teens socialize during the pandemic.
5 signs you might benefit from therapy
Therapy can help manage mental health, but can also help with relationship and communication issues, setting and working towards personal goals, understanding yourself better, and more. Read on for a few different signs you might benefit from therapy.
How Infertility Can Affect Your Mental Health
Infertility is difficult for many reasons, and it can often take a toll on mental health. Read on for more information on how infertility can affect your mental health.
Teaching Kids about Consent
Even though sex seems to be everywhere in our culture, talking about consent and sex can still be challenging for most parents. Read on for age-appropriate ways to talk about consent with your kids.
What to do if your child is diagnosed with autism
Many parents are not sure what to do after their child receives a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Read on for some next steps for what to do if your child is diagnosed with autism.
Effects of the Pandemic on Mental Health
The past year has been incredibly difficult for many people. Read on for various mental health challenges that have arisen and what kind of support is available to address these issues.
5 Ways to Cultivate Happiness
How can you cultivate happiness amidst all of these challenges? How can you prioritize you and your family’s wellbeing and quality of life? Read on for five ways to cultivate happiness, starting today.
Increased Screen Time During the Pandemic
Since the start of the pandemic, many children have learned virtually for some amount of time, used electronic devices to keep connected to friends and family, and had many non-screen related activities such as visiting friends severely limited. Read on for more about kids’ increased screen time during the pandemic and how to address this change.
Teens and Self-harm
Self-injury or self-harm is often a response to psychological pain or intense emotional distress. For some teens, hurting themselves on purpose can feel calming. Read on for more information about teens and self-harm.
Eating disorders: types, causes, and getting help
Eating disorders can be serious mental health challenges that require medical and psychological experts and interventions. Read on for more information on different types of eating disorders and what may cause them.
Black Maternal Health and Pregnancy
In comparison to white women, Black women are more likely to die from pregnancy and during childbirth. Read on for more information on Black maternal health and pregnancy and what can be done to improve it.
Winter blues, depression, and seasonal affective disorder
You may not be feeling like yourself this time of year. Is it normal to feel down or tired in the winter, or is it something more serious? Read on as we examine the difference between the “winter blues,” depression, and seasonal affective disorder.
Is my child’s aggression normal?
You may be concerned with the level of aggression you see in your young child. Read on for a more in-depth response to the question of “Is my child’s aggression normal?”
Teens and Sleep
During the teenage years, adolescents’ bodies and brains are experiencing significant development and changes. This can affect many areas of a teen’s life, including sleep patterns. Read on for more info on teens and sleep and how to help them get enough.
Habits for Mental Health
Mental health can sometimes take a backseat in our lives. Try incorporating one or more of these habits for mental health today and see how much your mental health improves.
Setting Work From Home Boundaries
Are you working from home—either permanently as a remote worker or temporarily during the pandemic? Many people working from home feel the days blending together, with no real feeling of having time off. Read on for some tips on getting work from home boundaries and learning why this is essential.
5 Habits that Enhance Well-being
There are many aspects of today’s world that can undermine your well-being: high-stress levels, excessive busyness, fewer social interactions, and so on. And not to mention a global pandemic that is happening all around us! Your well-being and quality of life are essential to your happiness and health. Self-care is difficult in today’s busy world, but forming habits that automatically enhance your well-being will make self-care a bit easier. Read on for ideas about 5 habits that enhance well-being. And for more on how to make self-care a habit this year, check out a recent blog of ours.
How to Make Self-Care a Habit This Year
As 2020 comes to an end, you may be considering the tradition of setting a New Year’s resolution. Read on for tips on how to lower your stress in 2021 by making self-care a habit this year.