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Finding and Creating Joy

Finding and Creating Joy

As adults, it’s common to become caught up in routine, work, chores, news, and the doldrums of everyday life. We forget to incorporate fun into our everyday lives and wait for joy to fall into our laps, and when that doesn’t happen, we don’t go looking for it. But it…

How to Take a Mental Health Day

How to Take a Mental Health Day

Taking care of our mental health has been increasingly accepted and destigmatized in society. Many companies and organizations allow for employees to use sick time for mental health care. While we all could use a day off to do errands, chores, catch up on doctor’s appointments, etc. and be productive…

Dealing with Despair and Discouragement

Dealing with Despair and Discouragement

When things don’t go as you expected or the way you wanted it to go, it can lead to feelings of anxiety, discouragement, and despair. Maybe you didn’t get the job you wanted, a relationship didn’t work out, or other plans or hopes fell through. In order to overcome despair,…

Overcoming Loneliness in Your 30s and 40s

Overcoming Loneliness in Your 30s and 40s

When you are single in your 20s, you’re among peers who live similar lifestyles. But as you move on into your 30s and 40s, it can start to feel isolating when you are still single and your friends get married and start to have families. When this happens, it can…

9 Tips to Manage Anxiety Around Aging

9 Tips to Manage Anxiety Around Aging

Whether we like it or not, we’re always getting older. If you are entering your mid-life phase or retirement stage of life, it can come with additional concerns, like physical and mental decline. These shifts in our minds and bodies can lead to anxiety, so it’s important that we learn…