Source: Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash We’ve all been there. After a rough day at work, you rush home to work on a to-do list that feels insurmountable. Loved ones want your attention because they…
Anger and Anxiety: Two Sides of the Same Coin
We’ve all been on the receiving end of an angry outburst. Often, we are so dysregulated by the threat that we can’t even understand what we’ve done wrong! Our responses usually take…
If You Can’t Stop Worrying About Climate Change, Try This
Source: Mental Health America (MHA) / Pexels It’s all over the news these days. Forest fires in Canada. Extreme heat in Arizona and Texas. Flooding in Vermont, droughts in the Midwest, and…
Why Changing Your Attachment Style Might Not Be So Easy
So, you realize that you have an insecure attachment style. Maybe you came to this realization by reading about attachment theory after struggling in your relationships. Or maybe you did an online…
How the Brain Really Generates Fear and Anxiety
“Tis harder knowing fear is due / Than knowing it is here,” sings neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux with his band The Amygdaloids. The song, an adaptation of Emily Dickinson’s poem “While we were…
Transitions Can Be Tricky |
Self- compassion with every bite! Photo courtesy of Julian Clauss-Ehlers Olliver clung to me as I dropped him off for his third day of second grade. “I’m going to miss you, mama.”…
4 Things Effective Anxiety Therapists Do
If you are seeking therapy for anxiety, the quality of your therapist matters. If you don’t have a direct recommendation from someone you trust for a good anxiety therapist, it can be…
8 Key Ways to Heal After Personal Trauma and Setbacks
Source: Chetan Menaria / Unsplash It’s normal to wonder how you will ever heal after experiencing a personal trauma or a serious setback in your life. The truth is, life isn’t always…
5 Ways to Calm Your Brain
Source: Wedding Dreamz /Unsplash We all have differently regulated nervous systems. What might emotionally trigger one person might have little or no emotional impact on another. If I say, “A big storm…
Getting Unstuck by Embracing Unrest
Freedom Is Finding Where We Have a Choice “I feel trapped,” said my client. “All I’ve ever wanted is to be free, but here I am stuck in a job I hate…