We're a few weeks into back-to-school season here in Las Vegas, and I think my family is finally adjusting to the new schedule. Or maybe I'm just trying to convince myself we are. Either way, the back-to-school anxiety and summer burnout combination is hitting families hard across the Southwest.

You call yourself lazy. Undisciplined. A mess. But here's what you might not realize: your procrastination isn't a character flaw. It's your nervous system trying to protect you from something it perceives as dangerous.

Let me tell you a not-so-secret secret: I didn't leave the traditional therapy world because I stopped believing in therapy

It's 11:47 AM. You're in the middle of back-to-back meetings, your phone is buzzing with texts from three different family members, there's a pile of laundry growing on your chair, and you can feel that familiar tension creeping up your neck. You fantasize about escaping to a quiet beach somewhere, but reality check: you have four more hours before you can even think about leaving your desk.

Your Nervous System: How to Recognize When You're Over Capacity Before You Snap

Tad never imagined he'd transition from corporate law to mental health counseling, but his journey from Silicon Valley technology attorney to Clear Mind Coun After spending years as an in-house technology lawyer at Facebook and Yahoo! in Silicon Valley, I never imagined I'd be writing this blog as Clear Mind Counseling's newest MFT student intern. But life has a way of guiding us toward our true calling and mine led me from corporate law to the deeply rewarding world of menta