In recent years, you may have heard people talking about mindfulness; it has become a mental health and wellness buzzword. Maybe it’s people you know, or maybe you’ve seen social media posts or news stories about mindfulness and the importance of being mindful. You may not have heard what mindfulness truly is and how it […]
When Change Turns Your Life Upside Down: How to Cope with Change?
Life is a series of changes: we change physically and mentally as we grow, develop and learn. We change from being in school to going to work. We change from traveling the world to settling down and raising a family. We change from raising a family to being retired. We learn more about the world […]
Life After a Positive COVID Test: How to Mentally Cope with a Positive COVID Test
You might have taken all the precautions: wearing your mask, reducing your social circle, distancing yourself from others in public, getting vaccinated, working from home. You might have spent time thinking over how to do things more safely and adjusted some of your habits to match. You might have noted everywhere you went and were […]
What is Behind Your Anxiety? Steps to Befriending Your Anxiety
How is your relationship with anxiety? How does it show up in your life? Is it debilitating? Does it keep you up at night? Most of us have a troubling relationship with our anxiety. We see it as our enemy, the one that keeps us up at night, the one that makes us ruminate and […]
In-Person vs. Online Therapy: Which is Best For Me?
Have you been thinking about therapy lately? It wouldn’t surprise me if you had. The incidents we have seen in our lifetimes combined with a year and a half of uncertainty and a recent series of major global events have many of us reflecting, ruminating, and worrying. You might feel blindsided by the chaos and […]
My Bad Habits are Hard to Break” – How to Quit Toxic Patterns
Nobody on earth is immune to less-than-ideal behaviors, and no two people have the exact same idea of what constitutes bad or toxic patterns. One person’s idea of a bad habit might be another person’s “lesser of two evils,” and vice versa. Some of us were raised in toxic patterns and have never lived any […]
“I’m my worst critic!” How to Combat Self-DefeatingThoughts
Imagine this: someone is picking on your best friend. Your best friend is kind,supportive, smart, and funny, but it’s not enough for this other person. This bully is never satisfied, never impressed. They always point out what was wrong or could have been better. They tell your best friend not to bother trying or not […]
How to stop sabotaging your life!
Many of us have habits, tendencies, or behaviors of self-sabotage that impact our lives to varying degrees. Self-sabotage, the active or passive pattern of preventing ourselves from reaching various goals and achievements, can occur for many reasons and manifest in many ways. Self-sabotage can impact every aspect of your life. It can disrupt relationships and […]
I have hard time setting boundaries; where do I begin?
Boundaries would seem to be a very simple concept;after all, we see boundary landmarks all the time and understand them perfectly. “Do Not Cross”and “No Trespassing” signs are clear and make sense. State lines, while decided by humans,are respected as such. So why is it that we struggle with enforcing our own personal emotional and […]
“I am so burned out, I can’t go on like this.” – Tips on How to Stop Constant Burnout
If you’ve reached the end of your mental rope lately, you’re not alone. You might be thinking to yourself: I worked more than forty hours per week before the pandemic, and the kids had a million activities to get to, and I was caring for my mother, and, and, and… Perhaps you’ve been home more […]
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