Whether you have just given birth to a new little family member, you are a partner to someone who has, you’ve adopted, or you’re fostering, being a new parent/guardian can be all kinds of stressful, intimidating, beautiful, and chaotic. As you learn how to take…
In today’s world, it can be difficult to avoid excessive consumption of social media. Going without social media at all can leave you feeling disconnected, and like you’re not “in the loop” with friends, family, or perhaps even the rest of the world. Social media…
We all have heard to stop and take a deep breath if we’re overwhelmed. If you have ever taken the time to do this, you may have noticed that it helped. Maybe it helped some or a lot. Let’s talk about different kinds of breathing,…
Grounding is a set of simple strategies that can help you detach from emotional pain (e.g., anxiety, anger, sadness, self-harm). You may also think of grounding as centering, distracting, creating a safe place, or healthy detachment. Grounding allows us to stay in our body and…
1. Be open to what works for you Sometime we have expectations of what journaling should be, e.g. we have to do it every day or it has to be beautiful prose that we keep for posterity. This can be intimidating and keep…
Most of us lead busy lives and it feels as if we don’t have any extra time to fit in those things that we know we need to do to relax and manage stress levels. Finding a few minutes a day is typically possible even…