Mindfulness
Tips to Manage a Mental Health Crisis
(July 9, 2021) What can you do to help someone else in crisis? A crisis can be anything that we define as more than we can handle in that moment, requiring backup or additional help. A mental health crisis is an event or episode that causes someone to feel as though their mental health is…
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A Study in FOMO
(July 2, 2021) If you haven’t heard of FOMO, you’ve been missing out (pun intended). FOMO has been widely experienced (and even researched!) and refers to the Fear Of Missing Out. It can affect anyone for multiple reasons, but the phenomenon is largely due to social media use: seeing pictures of our peers doing fun…
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It’s Time to Revisit Your Boundaries
(June 4, 2021) Since the beginning of the pandemic, many of us had to decide what our boundaries were for ourselves (and our households) to social distance while continuing to run errands and maintain a social life. With half of the country being vaccinated and the recent guidelines from the CDC, now is a good…
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The Courage to Love Ourselves
“…celebrate ourselves for our courage to birth. The real question becomes not, ‘Have you done your breathing exercises?’ but rather, ‘Can you love yourself no matter how you birth, where you birth, or what the outcome?’” –Claudia Panuthos I have a badge of honor across my belly. It reminds me of the pride and power…
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Savoring: A New Mindfulness Method
Research has shown there are many benefits to mindfulness. It can decrease stress and improve overall mood and increase creativity and focus. It improves your overall health and, specifically, your immune system. Mindfulness can also slow aging and memory loss. Honestly, the benefits of mindfulness almost seem too good to be true. We should all…
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Make May Mindfulness Month!
Make mindfulness part of your daily routine. Negative thoughts are a part of our everyday life. Did you know that 80% of repetitive thoughts are negative!?! No wonder we find ourselves spending a lot of time sitting in self-judgment feeling bad about ourselves and the world around us. Research shows that 95% of all our…
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This is Your Brain (Walking) on Sunlight
Sunlight is good for us. Maybe we don’t photosynthesize, but like plants, we need some amount of sunlight in order to grow healthy. When we’re exposed to the sun, we experience better physical and mental health. Sunlight exposure gives our brains serotonin—the hormone responsible for balancing mood and leaving us feeling calm, rested, and focused.…
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Finding Support in Challenging Times
It is Ok Not to be Ok “Hey, how are you?” This is a pretty common and seemingly innocuous greeting. However, often, we are not really listening to the answer. Generally, we expect the answer to be “fine thanks, how are you?”. This conversation is not usually for the purpose of finding out someone’s actual emotional…
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Tips to End Self-Doubt
Treat Yourself; Are Worth it! It is easy to focus on what is going wrong. There are a lot of issues to be worried about these days and ways to be sucked into the negative. Do you find yourself doubting your every move or convinced things are all your fault? Do you feel like you…
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This is Your Brain on Meditation
When you look at a list of benefits of meditative practice, it almost sounds too good to be true. If you hear the word “meditation” and think “that’s not for me,” “I can never get my thoughts to quiet down,” or “I don’t have time for that,” you are far from alone. You might picture…
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