Spring Decluttering

Balance Team Outing – March 2019 Spring is HERE! Finally. What happens in the Chicago area? You see jackets on the blacktop at schools. Your daughter asks if she can wear shorts! Remember when you were a kid and you wanted to wear SHORTS as early as humanly...
Tips for Loving Yourself

Tips for Loving Yourself

With February upon us, many are thinking about Valentine’s Day and spending it with that special someone. Or, maybe you’re single this year and this holiday is more of a single’s awareness day. Either way, you should be more focused on loving...

“I Love You the Way That You Are”

Amy Schillinger, Clinical Director and owner of Balance Stress Management and Therapy in Elgin, IL I worked (and had since February of this 2011) in a private practice in Silicon Valley. I am from a college/farming community in Illinois and moved out to California for...

Depression and Neurofeedback

According to Scientific American one in six U.S. adults reported taking a psychiatric drug, such as an antidepressant or a sedative (data comes from an analysis of the 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey). Antidepressants were the most common type of psychiatric...

Maneuvering the Big (College) Transition

The summer before college can be one of the most carefree, exhilarating times for incoming freshman. It’s a time where reality hits pause as friends try to soak up their last remaining months with one another before being catapulted into their next big journey in...