Are You Dealing With a Breakup During the Holiday Season? – 4 Ways to Cope with a Breakup During the Holiday Season
A breakup is never easy and rarely simple. No matter the time of year or who initiates the split, there is always something to unpack and process. This time can come with denial, grief, relief, guilt, sadness, anger, confusion, and many more feelings. If you are the person ending the relationship, you might have been […]
Don’t Let Social Anxiety Ruin the Holidays: 5 Ways to Manage Social Anxiety
With Thanksgiving and Black Friday safely tucked away in the past, the holiday season has officially descended upon us. Your work may throw a party, old friends may be returning to town to see their families and want to organize something, or you may be among those who celebrate “the holiday season” in some way. […]
The Antidote to Fear is Gratitude: The Secrets to Having Authentic Gratitude
Thanksgiving is this week; what are you feeling thankful for? If you gather with your loved ones every Thanksgiving, you may have a tradition of going around the table and naming your gratitude. You may not have been able to gather last year, given the state of the world. And perhaps you aren’t able to […]
How to turn Body Dissatisfaction into Body Celebration: 5 Steps to Loving Your Body
Loving yourself and our relationship with ourselves is complicated. There is no denying that. As we live our lives, we are tasked with the responsibility to learn to love many aspects of ourselves: our feelings, our thoughts, our actions, and most importantly, our bodies. You might read that and think, “Really? Body satisfaction is most […]
Are You Having a Quarter-Life Crisis? Three Easy Steps To Managing It
Are you feeling stuck? Are you feeling overwhelmed? Are you feeling the pressures of figuring out your life’s direction? If you are experiencing these and are between the ages of twenty to mid-thirties, you, my friend, are having a quarter-life crisis. It is like a mid-life crisis, but it happens earlier in your adult life. […]
How Can I Learn to Trust Myself Again In Three Easy Steps?
Remember when you were little, and you had an idea of your future life? You probably thought that at some point, you would have it all figured out. You would have an existence and routine you were confident in, and then you’d be set. You’d be done growing and simply ride the rest of your […]
When Fear Hijacks Your Life’s Joy: How to Overcome Fear and Anxiety
Halloween is the time of year when being afraid is a cool and fun ongoing activity. For some of us, it is the only time in our lives where we look forward to feeling scared and afraid, and it falls into a set time and space every year. Some of us even seek out the […]
What is the truth about codependency? 5 Steps to Healing From Codependency!
At least once in our lives, most of us have formed a codependent bond with someone else. It may have been a family member, a friend, or a partner. Chances are, this relationship didn’t bring out the best in us; we might have been stressed out all the time, or insecure, or paranoid. We may […]
When Depression and Anxiety Coexist:
5 Tools to Manage your Symptom When you think of depression, you probably think of lying in bed all day; all energy zapped from your body. Anxiety probably makes you think of nervous movements and erratic thoughts and behaviors. These paint two very different pictures. So how is it that depression and anxiety are so […]
Time to Break Up with a Friend: How to Deal with Friendship Breakups?
Friendship tends to have a complicated place in our lives. For starters, our culture puts a lot of emphasis on the importance of finding a “romantic partner” and far less on finding a solid platonic friend or friend group. However, we often find that we have longer-lasting and more honest relationships with our friends. Many […]
