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Managing Anxiety When You Feel Stuck in Your Career

Managing Anxiety When You Feel Stuck in Your Career

Do you feel lost in your career and want a career change? Or do you feel stuck where you are, perhaps content, but maybe not challenged, and looking for something different? A lot of people feel “stuck” in their career and dream about something different, but often hold themselves back…

Changing Our Relationship with Anxiety

Changing Our Relationship with Anxiety

Everyone has experienced anxiety at some point in their lives – with a job interview, starting a new job or losing a job, taking a test, going through a divorce, awaiting an approaching hurricane, or even paying your monthly bills. It’s normal to feel anxious during these times and it…

13 Tips to Support a Loved One with an Addiction

13 Tips to Support a Loved One with an Addiction

Do you have a loved one – your partner, a friend, or family member – with an addiction? Addiction affects everyone in their lives, and it’s important to know how to support them, things to avoid, and how to take care of yourself at the same time. While you can’t…

Beyond Feeling Grateful: How to Practice Gratitude Through Action

Beyond Feeling Grateful: How to Practice Gratitude Through Action

How Practicing Gratitude Helps Mental Health Practicing gratitude can help relieve stress, anxiety, depression, and angst by prioritizing our focus on what really matters.  It’s so easy to lose track of what’s good in our lives. We’re wired to look at things with a negative perspective. We’re drawn to what’s…

When Caring for Others Becomes Unhealthy

When Caring for Others Becomes Unhealthy

It’s common for people to put everyone else’s needs before their own. We’re raised in a society where the M.O. is being nurturers, caring for others, and putting your own needs aside. And this is especially the case for women. Being selfless is a great quality, but there also has…