How do you live with stress? First off, what is stress, and is it bad? Stress can mean a lot of things, it can be the amount of tension that you can put on a cable of a suspension bridge, or it can be a speaker emphasizing a certain point. Most of us think of …
What is grief? How do you work through grief? According to the American Psychological Association “grief is the anguish experienced after significant loss, usually the death of a beloved person. Grief often includes physiological distress, separation anxiety, confusion, yearning, obsessive dwelling on the past, and apprehension about the future.” So, let’s look at grief from a non-APA …
I believe every person wants to be and do their best. People want to thrive; they want to live their version of the ideal life. Sometimes we listen to others and begin to doubt ourselves, sometimes it’s our own inner voice telling us we aren’t good enough, or worthy. We need a helping hand to …
I often hear people regret decisions they’ve made or experiences they’ve had in the past. This is what I always try to tell them. Not only does it not help to look at the past with regret, because you can’t change it, every experience, every decision, everything that has ever happened to you has brought …
Trauma is really tricky; it can mean 100 different things to 100 different people. It can be fleeting, or it can remain in place for years until it’s addressed, and we learn the coping skills that can help us face it. Never compare your traumas with those of others because we all experience them in …
