Dr Jozelle Miller

Do you have the right people in your life?

It is fair to say that we all need people in our lives. Human life is always in connection with another being, otherwise, life becomes non-existent. I...

September 27, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Dealing with Survivor’s guilt

It is often hard to understand why bad things happen. What is even worse is trying to wrap our heads around the experience of a bad situation that may...

September 20, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Invest in yourself

In the world today, those who are considered among the wise are usually the persons who take the time to invest in themselves. Those persons who see t...

September 13, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Make a difference…

What does it mean to make a difference? Have you ever thought about making a difference? Making a difference speaks to the ability to impact or have s...

September 6, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Transitioning from summer break to the Classroom – Parents & Children Part-2

Going back to school is stressful for kids of all ages; so it is important that much is done to alleviate this stress and make the return as smooth as...

August 30, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Transitioning from summer break to the Classroom – Teachers

Going back to school is stressful for kids of all ages; so it is important that much is done to alleviate this stress and make the return as smooth as...

August 23, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

The effects of pretending…

We live in a world where we are constantly judged by others. We all are aware of many eyes on us all the time, assessing and scrutinizing us. This con...

July 26, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

The Narcissist Part 2

Traits of Narcissists you should be aware of: Passive Self-Importance Where the more overt, extroverted narcissist will be obvious in their elevated s...

July 19, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

The Narcissist Pt:1

We have often heard the term Narcissist being purported to describe someone who seems excessively vain or full of themselves. But in psychological ter...

July 12, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Victims of Sexual Abuse: do they every get over it?

Each year there are numerous cases of childhood sexual abuse worldwide. Sad to say, it is not uncommon in St Vincent [and the Grenadines] as we have h...

June 28, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

How to improve mental and emotional health

IN ORDER to maintain and strengthen your mental and emotional health, it’s important to pay attention to your own needs and feelings. Don’t let stress...

June 21, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Building healthy relationships

Humans are social creatures. Throughout our entire lives, we depend on each other to survive. Being self-aware allows us to see this need, which drive...

June 14, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Safeguard your mind

The famous quote: “A mind is a terrible thing to waste,” was part of a campaign slogan used by the United Negro College Fund in 1972 to drive home the...

May 31, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Change your mindset-Change your behaviour

WHETHER YOU WANT to lose weight, stop smoking, or accomplish a major life goal, the main thing that must be addressed is your mindset. Your behaviour ...

May 24, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Parenting Teens

Parenting extends way beyond the ability to conceive and give birth to a baby. It is the ultimate long-term emotional, financial, spiritual, and psych...

May 17, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Preserving your child’s childhood

There is no doubt that we are now living in a fastpaced world. Things are moving swiftly around us, and the development process of children has also t...

May 10, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Coping with life

DO YOU OFTEN feel overwhelmed with life? Overwhelm, meaning everything suddenly seems too much, and you don’t believe you can manage. When confronted ...

April 5, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

How couples can maintain healthy relationships…

Healthy relationships can help you live longer, deal with stressful situations better and improve your overall quality of life, but maintaining strong...

March 29, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Divorce and Co-parenting

All around the world, it appears that relationships and marriages are on the attack. Stories of persons separating and divorcing after pledging their ...

March 22, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Your Personal Presentation Matters Pt:2

PERSONAL APPEARANCE is the way that you dress and take care of your general appearance. Much as we may hate the idea that appearances matter, this is ...

March 8, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Your Personal Presentation Matters

I have often heard persons say, “I don’t care what others think about me”; I don’t care if people like me or not.” These are the statements of many wh...

March 1, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

People need People

Different cultures have different beliefs about how important social connection and interdependence are to our lives.  In the West, we like to think o...

February 22, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Signs and symptoms of autism in babies and toddlers

Although autism is hard to diagnose before 24 months, symptoms often surface between 12 and 18 months. If signs are detected by 18 months of age, inte...

February 15, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Could my child be Autistic?

Something seems wrong with my child. This is a statement often made by parents with sheer terror on their faces as they seek to get answers about what...

February 8, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Make a difference…

What does it mean to make a difference? Have you ever thought about making a difference? Making a difference speaks to the ability to impact or have s...

January 4, 2022

Dr Jozelle Miller

Identifying your purpose in life

MOST TIMES WE speak about identifying purpose as a means of starting a new era or a new year; hardly ever would you speak of identifying your purpose ...

December 14, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Finding inner peace

According to Wikipedia, “Inner peace (or peace of mind) refers to a deliberate state of psychological or spiritual calm despite the potential presence...

December 7, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Cultivate patience in your life

I have heard the statement, “Good things come to those who wait,” one too many times in my lifetime thus far. Perhaps I find the statement irritating ...

November 30, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Making Hard Decisions Part:2

Respect the effect and influence of others Take into account how your decision will affect those around you, particularly family members or close frie...

November 23, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Making hard decisions

IT IS A normal part of life to make decisions on a daily basis. These decisions can be life-altering such as deciding to have a surgery, or totally tr...

November 16, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

How do I move on? Understanding Adjustment Disorder

Who Is at Risk of Developing Adjustment Disorder? Anyone can develop an adjustment disorder. There isn’t any way to tell who out of a group of people ...

November 9, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

How do I move on? Understanding Adjustment Disorder

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER is a group of symptoms, such as stress, feeling sad or hopeless, and physical symptoms that can occur after you go through a stres...

November 2, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Post Trauma Recovery Pt:2

I have often heard the question why do bad things happen to good people? As a matter of fact, I would have asked this question time and time again. Li...

October 19, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Post Trauma Recovery

I have often heard the question why do bad things happen to good people? As a matter of fact, I would have asked this question time and time again. Li...

October 12, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Vulnerability is not weakness

MOST TIMES WHEN one thinks of vulnerability, it is common for the idea of being weak to come to mind. Most see being vulnerable as something to be tot...

October 5, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Stress and Sleep pt:2

I am so stressed out, I can’t sleep!!!! I can count the numerous occasions someone has said this to me in recent times. The reality is that we are liv...

September 28, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Stress and Sleep

I am so stressed out, I can’t sleep!!!! I can count the numerous occasions someone has said this to me in recent times. The reality is that we are liv...

September 21, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Avoiding Distractions

IT WOULD BE an understatement to say that there is a lot going on in the world today. On a daily basis, one must make the extra effort to remain focus...

September 14, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Silence is Golden

“Silence is a source of great strength.” – Lao Tzu Growing up, I remember the admonition to be slow to speak; highlighting the importance on self refl...

August 31, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Recognizing impulsivity Pt:2

Important outcomes in our lives are often determined by the balance between functional and dysfunctional impulsivity. Take for instance, as a consumer...

August 24, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Recognizing impulsivity

ACCORDING TO Medical Author, Dr. Melissa Conrad Stöppler, “Impulsivity is the tendency to act on impulse — that is, without forethought about th...

August 17, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Good Mental Health

Continued from our last on-line only edition MOST TIMESWHEN we hear conversations about Mental Health, it is usually in relation to the identification...

August 10, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Good mental health

MOST TIMES WHEN we hear conversations about Mental Health, it is usually in relation to the identification of mental illness, prevention and treatment...

July 27, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Being open-minded

Open-mindedness is defined as the willingness to search actively for evidence against one’s favoured beliefs, plans, or goals, and to weigh such evide...

July 20, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Emotional Manipulation – What are the signs?

EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION occurs when a manipulative person seeks power over someone else and employs dishonest or exploitative strategies to gain it. Un...

July 6, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

COVID19 taking a toll on overall health – Dr Miller

THE MENTAL HEALTH of employees has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic says clinical psychologist Dr. Jozelle Miller. Miller, the Chief ...

June 29, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Mental Preparedness to Thrive

Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. With this def...

June 22, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Appreciation in Adversity

When adversity strikes, the natural feeling is “my life is over. I can never deal with this. What is there to live for now” ? And so on. We lose persp...

June 15, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Understanding Your Emotions can change your life Part 2

Are You Using Sex To Release Your Emotions? SEX IS A normal and healthy part of life. Many people engage in sexual acts, with others, alone, or using ...

June 8, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Understanding your emotions can change your life

DIFFERENT PEOPLE define emotion in different ways. John D. Mayer says, “Emotions operate on many levels. They have a physical aspect as well as a psyc...

June 1, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Facing negative feelings

Experiencing sadness, anger, anxiety and other “negative” feelings can be hard. In fact, many persons just don’t do it; mainly because they’re afraid....

May 18, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Mental Health Tools to help you Thrive

In the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Volcanic Eruption and the impending hurricane season in SVG, it is prudent that we take a moment to commemo...

May 11, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

The need for Emotional Intelligence

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (E.I.) emerged from the premise that emotions have an impact on almost every aspect of human experience. It refers to the abili...

April 27, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

It is never too late to start over

ACCORDING TO THE Cambridge English dictionary, to ‘start over’ means to begin to do something again, sometimes in a different way. It is deciding to a...

April 20, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

‘He refuses to go to the doctor’ – The Psychology of Men’s Health

It is a general rule that men avoid going to the doctor at all cost; and only when brought to their knees by an illness would the consideration be giv...

March 23, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Tips on overcoming inferiority complex

• Figure out whom you feel inferior to in the first place. Normally, very physically attractive, rich, smart people or people with impressive, dynamic...

March 9, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Do you have an inferiority complex?

Everyone feels down about themselves from time to time, especially if you feel like others are doing better in life than you are. It’s common to feel ...

March 2, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Recognizing a Borderline Personality – part 2

(Continued from last week) Interpersonal Difficulties Abandonment Issues – People with borderline personality typically fear abandonment to such...

February 23, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Recognizing a Borderline Personality – part 1

Have you ever met someone who displayed unusual and unstable relationships, intense moods, and tendency towards self harm; manipulative? Could this pe...

February 16, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Relationships and the Pandemic

Life today in 2021, is definitely not what we are used to and may never return to the normative we were accustom to. Many persons have found it diffic...

February 9, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

How can you be mentally prepared for disaster?

Whether natural or manmade, disasters cause many of us to feel increased levels of stress and anxiety, and for those already dealing with mental healt...

February 2, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Being consistent

It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently. – Anthony Robbins It is often said that knowledge is power, b...

January 12, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Being optimistic during challenging times

Some may say that making it through 2020 was nothing short of a miracle; but even as we enter 2021, the anxiety over what exist in the future is still...

January 5, 2021

Dr Jozelle Miller

Tips for effective self reflection

As we wrap up 2020, I believe it is prudent that we take the time to fully introspect and reflect on the year. There may have been many difficult expe...

December 15, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Relationships: Are they really needed?

Close relationships are sometimes called interpersonal relationships. The closest relationships are most often found with family and a small circle of...

December 8, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Cultivate Patience in your life

I have heard the statement, “Good things come to those who wait,” one too many times in my lifetime thus far. Perhaps I find the statement irritating ...

December 1, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Are they in your life for a season, reason or a lifetime?

People come into our lives each day; if you are fortunate enough to live to your golden years, when you reflect on your life, you would realize that y...

November 24, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Being open-minded

Open-mindedness is defined as the willingness to search actively for evidence against one’s favoured beliefs, plans, or goals, and to weigh such evide...

November 17, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Are you having an Identity Crisis?

We have all heard about this concept before (Identity Crisis), but not many truly fully understand what is meant by this. Identity Crisis is a psychol...

November 10, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Living with regrets

It is often said that hindsight is the best vision, as we sit down and look back at the one who got away, the job you didn’t take, the fight you wish ...

November 3, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Kindness is beneficial…

We have often heard the encouragement given to be kind and compassionate to others. But there has not been much said in terms of the benefits derived ...

October 27, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

I am not my breast

BREAST CANCER is the most common malignant tumor in women, and amidst the great progress in its early detection and treatment, as well as improvement ...

October 20, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

The Psychology of voting

As we approach another general election in St Vincent and the Grenadines, I have become extremely fascinated by the thought process, present emotional...

October 13, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Tips on becoming unstuck in life

Having identified that you are stuck in your life; the next question is usually, how do I become unstuck? I would like to suggest the following for co...

October 6, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Are you feeling stuck in life?

It has been over a decade since I have been working as a psychologist. You would conclude therefore that such a timeframe would have afforded me the o...

September 29, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Grieving the loss of a child

I believe it is every parent’s hope and prayer that they do not have to live through the unfortunate experience of burying their child. No parent is p...

September 22, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Achieving mental wellness

THE CONCEPT OF mental wellness seems to be quite elusive for some while others feel it is achieved simply by having the right mindset and positive out...

September 15, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

To conform or not to conform

OFTEN TIMES we become combative at the notion that we MUST conform to the rules and dictates set out by others. Being oppositional seems to be what sa...

September 8, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Speaking to children about Death…

Parents typically would do all in their power to safeguard their children from difficult circumstances. Some may even bubble wrap them if they could, ...

September 1, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Psychological effects of early menopause

As women age, their bodies produce less estrogen and progesterone, the main hormones involved in female reproduction. When these hormones reach a lowa...

August 18, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

How are we affected by our thoughts?

Many philosophers, psychologist, life coaches and even theologians would have emphasized over the years, that there is definite impact of an individua...

August 11, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Best ways to deal with jealousy – Part 2

The following are more tips to help you deal with jealousy (continued from last week): 4. Seek our own sense of security – The best thing we can do is...

July 28, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Best ways to deal with jealousy

Psychologists have defined Jealousy is a complex emotion that encompasses feelings ranging from suspicion to rage to fear to humiliation. It strikes p...

July 21, 2020

Dr Jozelle Miller

Identifying Attention Seeking Behaviors

We all need attention and want to feel that our friends and family care about us, as such it is common for persons to position themselves to be seen o...

July 7, 2020