What is creative journaling for mental health? Is it writing in a colorful diary with your favorite pen, doodling on your calendar, or recording your feelings and insights in a Google document? Journaling is a written report of your thoughts and feelings. There are many reasons why people journal. Some journal for self-expression, to gain… Read More »
Modern-day living has become more stressful than ever with busy work schedules, nonsensical news, political drama, financial pressures, and post-pandemic anxiety. Many of us struggle with mental health symptoms due to everything we have been through over the last couple of years. Having a high-stress lifestyle can cause physical and emotional problems throughout our bodies,… Read More »
Do you find it difficult to give yourself care and compassion? Do you worry that if you’re too easy on yourself, you’ll drop the ball? This type of harsh inner critic is often linked to a childhood in which your needs went unmet. Self-parenting can help you meet those needs today while enhancing rather than… Read More »
If you have ever found yourself endlessly searching for negative news online, you may have been experiencing symptoms of a relatively new mental health condition known as doomscrolling. Don’t get me wrong, it’s important to be aware of your surroundings, along with all of the significant issues that impact your life and the lives of… Read More »
Have you ever felt overwhelmed and emotionally drained from trying to carry the pain or suffering of another person? If so, you were likely experiencing compassion fatigue. But what is compassion fatigue? While you might not have heard this phrase before, at some point in your life, you have probably felt it on some level.… Read More »
Are daily stressors draining your vital energy levels? Do you know deep down that meditation could help you out, yet on some level, you repeatedly tell yourself you don’t have the time or don’t know how to meditate? Well, you’re going to get to know all about meditation and the best meditation apps to help you… Read More »
Who could have ever imagined a complete global shutdown to avoid the extinction of the entire human race? Nevertheless, as unfathomable as it was, it actually happened! And more than likely, if you happen to be reading this article, wherever you may have been on planet earth during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read More »
Ditching your commute to work from home might sound like the path to pure happiness. Yet, research shows that it’s not quite as pleasurable in practice. Gallup’s research on working from home stress conducted between April and September 2020 shows that almost a third of remote workers are stressed.[1] They’re so stressed, in fact, that… Read More »
Are you sick and tired of wasting your mental and emotional energy worrying about (and replaying) events in your mind? Even sabotaging yourself, your performance, and your relationships, at times? Constantly playing the “what if” game in your mind? Let’s be honest, feeling anxious is miserable and unequivocally sucks the enjoyment out of life. It… Read More »
When you think of anxiety, several scenarios may come to mind: the endless tossing and turning of a restless night, dread over potential future events, pandemic-related overwhelm, or full-blown panic attacks. Even if you’re not diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, you’ve likely experienced anxiety symptoms at some point in your life. In these situations, you… Read More »
It’s a classic chicken or egg question, does depression make you tired, or does being tired cause depression? The simple answer to this question is yes and yes. Taking it a step further, I employ the “both/and” strategy, which is to say that they are both true and not mutually exclusive of each other. But… Read More »