HOLIDAY SURVIVAL GUIDE (WEEK 2): BOUNDARIES One of the reasons I decided to write this Holiday Survival Series is because this is the time of year when so many of us are confronted with the messiness of spending time with the people who raised us. For some of us, the idea of gathering around […]
Symptoms of Anxiety and What You Can Do
SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY AND WHAT YOU CAN DO WHAT IS ANXIETY? Anxiety is our body’s natural response to stress. Though researchers aren’t totally clued in on how and why anxiety happens, we do have some insights into the process that can be really helpful to remember when we are in the throes of it. First, […]
Holiday Survival Guide (Week 1): SAD & Alive
HOLIDAY SURVIVAL GUIDE (WEEK 1): SAD & ALIVE The Holiday Survival Guide is your guide to surviving the season of holidays, plummeting temperatures, SAD, and, well, the inevitability of politics coming up at the dinner table. Consider this your handy dandy reference for what to do, and how to recover. And, perhaps how to […]
Symptoms of Depression and What You Can Do
SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Depression, or some version of “the blues,” is one really common reason people seek out the help of a therapist. For good reason, too! It can be a really life-disrupting experience and really, really hard to experience on your own. Although it’s common for us to […]
10 Rules for Fighting Fair in Relationships
10 RULES FOR FIGHTING FAIR IN RELATIONSHIPS Remember when your relationship was so new that you thought you’d never fight? Like, you’re so madly in love what could you possibly fight about?! Cute, right? Sometimes I wish we could bottle up some of that love-drunk optimism and sip on it when we need it most. […]
