The holidays are filled with fun, food and festivities. Hopefully you are able to enjoy them. However, if you have the holiday blues, you may not feel like celebrating. Perhaps you struggle with anxiety or depression and it’s overwhelming for you. You may have recently lost a loved one, or it’s a reminder of family ...
If you struggle with holiday anxiety, you are not alone. People are always asking if you are ready for the holidays. You have all these obligations that you think you need to fulfill. Yet you may be the only person putting pressure on yourself. There are things you can do that will greatly decrease your ...
Tracking your nervous system can give you valuable information and insights into your well-being. This is all about the mind-body connection. Our nervous system plays a large role in regulating various systems in our body, such as heart rate, breathing rate and cognitive processes. When you feel overwhelmed and anxious, your nervous system is ramped ...
Last weeks blog was on decluttering your mind. This week’s blog will focus on how to declutter your home. If you declutter your home it will also help to declutter your mind. If we live in chaos, it is hard to keep it from invading our headspace. This leads to a constant state of stress. ...
Do you experience stress? Of course you do, we all do. Life and relationships are challenging. Even if we try to avoid stress or conflict, it will come into our world. However it impacts some more than others. Several factors come into play as to how people handle stress based on genetics, personality style, resiliency, ...
Many people are exhibiting job burnout. The pandemic drastically changed their working situation. Some people are still working from home either full or part time. It can get dull, lonely and depressing for many reasons. You may feel exhausted and aren’t really sure why. People miss the transition from work to home, they don’t have ...
The tips on anxiety in this blog are taken from an article in Psychology Today by Steven Hayes (co-founder of acceptance and commitment therapy). Hayes, like most of you who suffer from panic attacks, learned about this from a trip to the emergency room. You most likely thought you were having a heart attack. This ...
While the holidays with family can be wonderful, they can also be very challenging. Some have a toxic family that is filled with chaos, especially when you get certain people together. Maybe you are the one who is the scapegoat or the butt of jokes. While some people may just laugh it off, it can ...
Holiday Survival We are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. This year is even more stressful. Thus some holiday survival tips will help. In addition to the usual activities and hustle and bustle, we have a pandemic to deal with. Many people had to alter their normal Thanksgiving festivities this year. The ...
Pandemic Anxiety It should come as no surprise that the mental health of many people is impacted by pandemic anxiety, social injustice and uncertainty of the economy. Anxiety/stress is one of the main reasons people come to therapy. So you may be someone who has been able to deal with their anxiety for a long ...
