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Let’s Talk About The Positives of ADD and ADHD

Posted on June 16, 2025 (June 16, 2025) by JastMedia

According to the DSM-5 (The book in which clinicians and insurance companies use for diagnoses) ADHD and ADD are defined as a neurological disorder defined by impairing levels of attention, disorganization and or hyperactivity-impulsivity. Inattention and disorganization entail inability to stay on task, seeming to not listen, and losing materials necessary for tasks. ADHD into […]

Emotionaly Regulated Individuals

Posted on June 10, 2025 (May 26, 2026) by JastMedia

Working with high achieving individuals many of them think that they are emotionally regulated (feeling your feelings without letting them control you) but are quick to find out that they are emotionally suppressed (holding feelings in, shutting down, pushing it away instead of feeling it and processing their feelings) and need to put in the […]

Fire your Therapist

Posted on May 26, 2025 (August 3, 2026) by JastMedia

Home› Blog› How to Know If Therapy Is Working Therapy progress, provider fit, and meaningful change Should You Fire Your Therapist? Therapy should be more than a place to repeat the same story every week. It should help you understand patterns, develop useful skills, make intentional choices, and move toward goals that matter to you. […]

Are Relationships Becoming Transactional?

Posted on April 9, 2025 (August 3, 2026) by JastMedia

Home› Blog› Healthy Relationship Questions Communication, connection, and growth Better Questions Can Create More Honest Conversations Healthy relationship questions help couples move beyond schedules, responsibilities, and surface-level updates. They create space to understand what each person needs, what is working, and where distance or resentment may be developing. The goal is not to test your […]

Are You Truly Healed From Past Relationships

Posted on March 5, 2025 (August 3, 2026) by JastMedia

Home› Blog› Are You Truly Healed From Past Relationships? Recognize the past without letting it direct the present What Does Healing From a Past Relationship Really Mean? Healing from a past relationship does not mean forgetting what happened, never feeling sad again, or becoming completely unaffected by memories. It means you can remember the relationship […]

What is your WHY?

Posted on March 4, 2025 (March 4, 2025) by JastMedia

What is your WHY? What is your personal WHY? What is your business WHY? Have you defined your WHY? What is your personal purpose? What is the company’s purpose? These are some of the questions that I will ask when we start working together as your business consultant. I was at a client’s the other […]

Routines of High Acheiving Individuals

Posted on February 26, 2025 (February 27, 2025) by JastMedia

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As I continue to meet new and current high achieving individuals and review their routines and common tasks throughout the week, I am starting to see a trend that separates the high achieving individuals from the everyday joe. Discipline, focus, passion and desire are a couple of words that come to mind when I review […]

How To Treat a Man and a Woman

Posted on February 24, 2025 (August 3, 2026) by JastMedia

Home› Blog› How to Treat a Man and a Woman Healthy relationships are built on mutual care How Should Partners Treat Each Other? Advice about how to treat a man or a woman often relies on rigid gender roles. Healthy relationships are more personal. Both partners deserve respect, emotional safety, honesty, appreciation, affection, and room […]

If You Were on Your Death Bed

Posted on February 24, 2025 (February 24, 2025) by JastMedia

If you were laying on your death bed, what is the last thing that you will talk about or think about? Will it be the holiday in Greece? Will it be the company that you started from scratch and sold for millions? How are you currently measuring your life successes? Are you truly happy with […]

Accountabiliy and Leadership

Posted on February 24, 2025 (August 3, 2026) by JastMedia

Home› Blog› Accountability and Leadership Clear expectations create stronger teams Accountability Starts With Leadership Accountability is often discussed as an employee problem: people miss deadlines, avoid ownership, or fail to follow through. Yet a culture of accountability begins with leaders who define priorities, model the standards they expect, and respond to problems consistently. When chronic […]