Dating After Heartbreak... How Long Do I Wait?
Remember that time after you and your ex recently broke up and you were cleaning up your bedroom only to find a t-shirt that belongs to your former partner?
Honoring Mother's Day and the Grieving Process
The month of May is powerful. Seedlings have blossomed as we dust off the winter blues and layer on a little less as we face the day.
Embracing Magic!
Do you believe in magic? Regardless of our age, experiencing something magical feels like having a sudden rush of electricity running straight through your body!
Organization Spotlight: Discover Your Next Career Move With Your Project X
Everything you were taught about work is wrong. If the future’s predictable, we can make a plan. We can define a path. We can work tirelessly to earn our degrees and achieve success. The future is anything but. Grandma and Aunt Amy’s little chat about choosing a career (lawyer or doctor) and studying hard is the imaginary TV vision of the global economy.
5 Signs You Need to End a Toxic Relationship
What can you do when you become attached to someone who repeatedly hurts and mistreats you?
Slowing Down
It may sound odd, but taking vacations from work was initially very challenging and even guilt-inducing!
Moving With Kids
Moving is stressful. Over the last 20 years I have moved over 15 times: across cities, across the USA, and across oceans. Along with the excitement that accompanied each move, came a unique set of challenges too.
Affirmations For The Broken Heart
Today I’m sending healing affirmations to all of those who are suffering from a broken heart.
Friend-Enemies: How To Handle Jealousy In A Friendship
Imagine that you have a friend who becomes cold, distant, punishing, and appears to dislike you when you receive praise, happy news, and/or success.
Why You Shouldn't Accept Your Insomnia: Tips To Finally Sleep At Night
Who has struggled before with insomnia? If stress and anxiety keep you awake at night, you aren't alone! The Institute of Medicine previously reported that 50-70 million people in the U.S. are affected by insomnia.
The 5 Reasons You’ve Been Avoiding Couples Therapy, And Why You Should Try EFT
Connection. Attachment. Intimacy. Attunement. These buzzwords, which therapists have been using and studying for years, have become commonplace in our vocabulary, but what do they really mean?
All-or-Nothing Thinking
Do you have a romantic partner who has a tendency to view everything in extremes? Maybe your beloved will come home sharing that they just had the ‘BEST DAY EVER!’’ Your significant other may quickly idealize people and see others as being nothing short of perfect.
Adult Bullying
It might be a decade (or more) since you graduated high school and witnessed an unsuspecting victim get pushed in the hallway, remembered false and hurtful gossip spread and encountered that targeting student who was given the icy cold silent treatment by friends.
Compassion Fatigue and Empaths
Those who know you well would describe you as extraordinarily wise, empathetic, and sensitive. Good or bad, you will feel your feelings intensely and find your mood is strongly impacted by those you are surrounded by.
Strategies When Having A Panic Attack
It feels like you are at war with yourself when you are having a panic attack. You wouldn’t wish this feeling on your worst enemy!
What Are The Signs of Depression?
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one in ten Americans experience depression at any given time.
Identifying With The Aggressor
I am fascinated by the incredible survival instincts human beings have. Our intuition and instincts are so profound and accurate. Likewise, listening to our body and trusting our gut reaction has often helped us survive life or death situations.
Handling A “No” Gracefully
Sylvia Plath once said, “I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.” Thank you Sylvia! What a wonderful way to reframe rejection! Imagine the pain we would avoid, if only we viewed rejection as proof of our courageousness and evidence of our self-investment?
Help! I Might Be Involved With A Narcissist
Comedian Chris Rock brilliantly shares, “When you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them, you're meeting their representative.” While we all intuitively know that it takes time to authentically know each other, we also have had those magical moments where we meet someone and feel an immediate and undeniable connection.
Triangulation
If you are conflict averse, having to initiate difficult conversations with loved ones can be so extremely anxiety provoking! I get it. When our significant relationships go haywire, we may frantically search for anything and in some cases anyone, to repair the pain.