During uncertain times, like our current pandemic, it's natural to feel overwhelmed and paralyzed. You're not sure what to do, what to think, or where to start.
A Healthy Distraction: 20 Journal Prompts to Explore
When we're dealing with difficult times, turning to healthy distractions can help. One of my favorites is journaling: It's a great way to get to know ourselves better, get grounded, reconnect to our imagination, and brighten our perspective.
Being Patient with Yourself During the Pandemic
When you're traversing unprecedented times like a pandemic, your mind can easily veer off into a dark, bleak place. You might feel anxious and depressed, scared and exhausted. You might waver between Oh this isn't so bad! and The world is falling apart!
How to Start Being Self-Compassionate
Many of us find it hard to be kind to ourselves. Namely, we think we don't deserve kindness because we've yet to earn it. And we're convinced we have to earn it, as though our relationship with ourselves is transactional.
Signs Your Anxiety Requires Professional Help
We tend to think that everything around us needs to be falling apart in order to see a mental health professional. Or we might not realize that the seemingly helpful habits we're engaging in are actually sabotaging us and leaving us stuck.
How to Realize a Dream
There's something you want to do. Really want to do. Maybe it's writing a book. Maybe it's switching careers. Maybe it's going back to school. Maybe it's taking voice or dance lessons. Maybe it's starting your own business. Maybe it's taking on some other meaningful project or making some other meaningful change.
How to Slay Your Hurtful Stories
When Katherine Wintsch hosts workshops with moms around the world, she asks them to share the last critical thing they said to themselves.
Letting Go of Objects, Habits, and Beliefs That Used to Serve You
We need certain items, objects, habits, and perspectives at different points in our lives, during different phases and circumstances. And then we need to let them go.
Are You Plummeting into This Anxiety-Provoking Trap?
How often do you focus on other people's behavior instead of your own? How often do you think their behavior is to blame for the state of the relationship---or the cause of your overall persistent discontent?
The Best Way to Manage Anger in the Moment
Anger is a tough emotion. It feels so urgent and all-consuming. And we feel like we have to act on it. Right. Now.
And so, we do. We say something cruel or sarcastic. We yell. We slam doors. We become stone-cold silent and refuse to communicate. We replay the situation or interaction over and over. And we get madder and madder.
And so, we do. We say something cruel or sarcastic. We yell. We slam doors. We become stone-cold silent and refuse to communicate. We replay the situation or interaction over and over. And we get madder and madder.
