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Acceptance is one of the most important skills you can master regarding your mental health. Whether you're learning how to live with grief, getting back into dating after a breakup, learning a new skill, working on your fitness goals, or assessing your strengths...
Have you ever worried about the way you worry? Worry is a normal part of life. But how can you determine if it’s gotten out of hand and it’s grown into something bigger like anxiety or panic? Worry can be overwhelming, isolating, terrifying, draining, and is often...
Have you ever found yourself in a vicious cycle, worrying at length about a potential negative event? Your brain becomes filled with spiraling thoughts about the what-ifs, and you’re unable to focus. These feelings are uncomfortable to say the least. You fear how...
Do you ever worry about rocking the boat in your relationship? Maybe you feel resentful or unseen, but hold back from saying anything because you fear it will make things worse. You're not alone. Conflict avoidance might feel like the safest route to protect your...
After recently returning from a trip to the Pacific Northwest, I’ve been reflecting on how traveling is one of the best ways to improve your mental health, yet it is often underrated. Traveling can help reduce your stress and anxiety and has the opportunity to help...
Welcome to adulthood, right?! Graduate college...start a new job....move out of your childhood home (for real, this time)...nothing says adulting best than your first time picking out health insurance, budgeting every expense, and balancing the ever-changing...
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.” -Audre Lorde Many of us regard self-care as a luxury. But caring for ourselves and making sure we have what we need to be well is, as Audre Lorde put it, “self-preservation.” Without tending to...
I first discovered Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, better known as EMDR, while in grad school. At the time I was working as an intern at a residential mental health facility for individuals in recovery from acute distress associated with...
When women are lifted and supported, they transform entire communities. That’s what Melinda Gates reminded us in her conversation with Brené Brown on Unlocking Us, a truth that’s both timeless and deeply urgent. But that kind of transformation isn’t possible when...
You’ve researched and reached out, maybe called and contemplated, but you’ve officially scheduled your first therapy session, now what? We’ve outlined four things you should think through before your first therapy session. How does your therapist make you feel? A...
