Developing a Career as a Health Psychologist: Helping People Improve Their Well-Being

When we talk about mental health, the focus is often on therapy and emotional healing. But mental and physical health are deeply connected, and that’s where health psychology comes in. Health psychologists explore how our thoughts, behaviors, and emotions impact our physical well-being—and how improving mental health can lead to better overall health. If you’re […]

How Teaching Kids Programming Can Help Break the Poverty Cycle: A Personal Story

When I got married at 18, without any way to support myself, and my then-husband, at 20, had no real means to provide for a family, we were setting ourselves up for failure. My son recently asked what we were thinking—how we planned to support ourselves—and honestly, we weren’t thinking about it. Ridiculous, I know. […]

The Transformative Role of Fieldwork in Enhancing Social Work Education

While I don’t have a degree, one of the professions I strongly considered learning was to be a therapist. At the time I thought all therapists needed to be psychologists and when I heard the education for that was 10 years that turned me off that entirely. But I’ve been to clinical social workers for […]

Preparing For Praxis 5354: Essential Tips For Success  

If you want to learn to be a special education teacher in the US, you will need to be tested multiple times throughout your education process, the Praxis 5354 test being one of them. Preparing for these tests can be very challenging; here are some tips to help you succeed in your process of becoming […]