For every new year, people often expect to feel a sense of renewal. “New Year, New Me!” But when you don’t feel like you or anything else has changed, it can make you feel even worse than you did before. Do you feel stuck in your career or in life…
How to Survive Difficult Relationships During the Holidays
The holidays are meant to be a time for peace, joy, and love. But when you have difficult or contentious relationships, it can really damper your spirit. We all have a family member, colleague, or acquaintance that we don’t particularly care for, but thankfully we don’t have to deal with…
Beyond the Obvious: Tips for Self–Care When You’re a Caregiver
When you are a caregiver for someone, it can be rewarding, but also feel frustrating and overwhelming at times. It’s important that you take care of your own mental health and make time for self-care so the caregiving doesn’t jeopardize your own wellbeing. The term “self-care” is thrown around a…
How to Avoid Catastrophizing
There’s a lot going on in the world and maybe in your personal life, as well. When we’re faced with uncertainty and unknowns, it can be easy to slide into spiraling and catastrophizing. In order to protect our mental health and be able to remain productive, it’s important to learn…
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…