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COVID-19: The Life Transition We Didn’t Bargain For
Transition periods can be stressful…
Beginning a new career
Transitioning from adolescence to young adulthood
Getting married or committing to a life partner
Adding a child to the family…
What To Do When Fear Divides
Fear is a natural, instinctual human response. The fear response is important when we are facing real, imminent danger. Immediate threats to our survival necessitate a response like fight, flee or freeze.
How Depression Manifests in the Body
Depression is both a mental and a physical disorder.
When talking about depression, it is important to recognize that the mind and the body cannot be separated.
Through the Lens of a Suicide Loss Survivor
Grief is funny in that way. Sometimes it comes in small waves, but other moments roll in like a tsunami.
Why Are We Not Taught How to Love?
We are often shown that passion in a relationship has to be an incredibly intense thing. But to me, passion feels like a well-nurtured bonfire -- it’s providing a steady stream of heat that is not overwhelming, feels manageable and doesn’t consume you and your life.
Wellness Rituals vs Therapy
When I think about wellness vs. therapy, I often start with this example in mind: When I wake up from a nightmare that had me sweating, shaking and feeling like, “That was all too real” feeling, doing a body scan meditation would not help me at the core of this situation.
When Fear Distorts Vision
Fear distorts vision.
Fear also tends to make us make the wrong choices. Fear is self-preservation. Fear is shame, punishment and blame. Fear is ego and inner critic.
Fear is the absence of love.
Slow Down to Speed Up
Questions such as these remind me that even if something feels urgent to me, it doesn’t mean it necessarily is urgent. When we feel internal pressure of “now or never” when a situation isn’t actually of that type, we can begin to start feeling burnout and fatigued.
Decision Fatigue and Burn Out
All of this decision making and weighing of consequences absolutely creates decision fatigue and burnout. We start questioning our judgement, trust in ourselves and even others.
Why Difficult People are Important
Noticing how we feel and react when dealing with difficult people, finding appreciation during difficult moments together, and understanding and learning from others even when it can be difficult is important.
Emotional Effects of Stress: And What to do About it
It’s no doubt that this is an especially stressful time for many. And life without a pandemic can be just as stressful as what we are experiencing now.
The Power of 20 Minutes
A couple years ago when I was experiencing postpartum depression and riddled with mom guilt about how much I should be playing with my newborn, I came across a life-changing article. It was a study about what children need from their parents to form happy, healthy attachment.
Brain and Body Integration
That body intelligence not only has a seat at the table, it has an equal seat at the table with my brain intelligence and my emotional intelligence.
Black Lives Matter: Ways to Support While Also Taking Care of Yourself
A few weeks ago, a close friend of mine and I had a deep discussion about Black Lives Matter. You see, my friend is a social worker whose life’s work is to end violence and I needed her help.
Postpartum Depression Symptoms: It’s a Complication of Pregnancy, Not a Reflection of You
Even though I am not a mother myself, I am a woman who has had to consider whether or not I desire biological children. And part of this decision is understanding the entirety of what it means to go through that process.
What is a Holistic Therapist?
First, what type of conditions can a holistic therapist treat?
There are a variety of conditions that a holistic therapist can treat. Everything from depression and anxiety to chronic stress and stress management to self esteem and boundary setting.
Health is Holistic: So Let's Treat it That Way
You might be wondering - what is holistic health? Well, to help explain, let me share with you a little story that will illuminate what is not holistic health.
Rising Up From Depression
Depression. People do NOT like talking about it. Anxiety and stress are way more comfortable to own up to. Why? Well, there is more of a stigma around having depression and less of a collective understanding of what it is.
Amazing Mental Health Benefits of Meditation
So often we hear how important it is to “be present” or “be in the now” and we might agree ...but what does that even mean?
How We Change: Individual Actions for Social Change
In thinking about this question, I think about the ways the pandemic has been for us. It’s forced us to slow down and be more present and has taken away some of our usual distractions (other than the constant presence of kids in our homes!).