Lora Hoffstetter 

While euphoria is used to describe a state of extreme happiness, dysphoria is the opposite-it’s a profound sense of unease or dissatisfactio

Many older people are surprised to learn that there are common risk factors between heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

What you put in your stomach now affects your brain later – including your ability to think, remember and process information.

Your brain's fitness depends on how much it is used. Every time you do something new or different, you create new neural pathways.

Anger is a normal, healthy emotion, neither good nor bad. Like any emotion, it conveys a message, telling you that a situation is upsetting,

There is a difference between addiction, physical dependence, and tolerance to pain medication. It is imperative that each of us understand

There’s a reason your kid is an angel at school or daycare but a hot mess at home. It's called after-school restraint collapse. Here's how t

Self-care is vital for building resilience toward those stressors in life that you can't eliminate. When you've taken steps to care for your

We've all spent countless hours lost in emails or Instagram, but experts are worried that when we're connecting online, we're connecting...

Signs of stress and anxiety in children often show up as physical or behavioral changes.

Being a mom is perhaps the most all-inclusive and demanding job in the history of “man”kind.

Your sleep deprivation could have some very serious side effects. Both chronic and partial sleep deprivation affects not only your mood....

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the United States, affecting more than 16 million men and women

Who among us, other than those of you living in some off the grid yurt or who hit it big on Win For Life, doesn’t struggle in striking...

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy technique used to treat anxiety, PTSD, and more.

Good communication is the key to any good relationship, but family communication is especially important because of the intimacy level.

Surviving Surgery Without Opioid Addiction

#PersonaDevelopment #BeYourBestYou #10TipsforPersonalDevelopment #HoffstetterCounseling I am fascinated with self-development. I see it...

By Laura Broadwell An age-by-age guide to discussing a difficult topic. #TalkingToChildrenAboutDrugs #YourChildandDrugsAgebyAgeGuide...

As providers and caretakers, adults tend to view the world of children as happy and carefree. After all, kids don't have jobs to keep or...