Benefits of Daily Rituals

Daily rituals can provide structure, consistency, and a sense of purpose and can be essential for building and maintaining healthy self-esteem. Here are 7 you can try out today. Love yourself, you deserve it!

Is Tapping Effective in Reducing Halloween Candy Cravings?

With Halloween just around the corner and Halloween candy has already been on the store shelves, our deconditioned, confectionary willpower muscles may be in need of some support. Some people just feel the dreaded holiday season coming, knowing the stress and guilt that is coming with all the food related activities. Some feel helpless against […]

How to Change Your Brain

Routine and familiarity are the enemies of brain health. It is essential to challenge your brain with new experiences and new learning. If your daily habits and activities are done unthinkingly and with minimal effort, your brain is being degraded. Ways to Change Your Brain Make steady, measurable progress with new learning Count every little […]

Covid Isn’t the Only Thing That Has Spiked

Home. It is where the heart is. It is where more of us are working. It is where most of us quarantine during a pandemic. It is supposed to be a safe place, especially now. But home is not always a safe place for 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men. Nearly 700,000 […]

10 Ways to Move Forward

Are you feeling stuck? Wishing that you could make more progress towards your goals? Moving forward begins with examining our own habits, because typically we are getting in our own way, creating our own roadblocks. Moving forward requires honest reflection and a willingness to try something new. Here are 10 ways to move forward: Stop […]

Happiness Hormones

Hormones. Synonymous with weight gain, hot flashes, puberty…. ugh! But hormones aren’t all bad. Happily, we have the Big 4- Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Endorphins! These famous hormones are known for their ability to help us bond, feel joy, experience pleasure and love. The Big 4 are essential to good mental health. (There are others […]

Sources of Well-Being

More positive emotions (higher frequency and intensity of positive moods and emotions, such as contentment, laughter and joy, in one’s daily life) Fewer negative emotions (lower frequency and intensity of negative moods and emotions, such as sadness, anxiety, and fear, in one’s daily life) Life satisfaction (a positive subjective evaluation of one’s life overall) Vitality (a positive subjective […]

Live with Purpose

Conversations in my office are often about anxiety and depression, but lately I have had more people wanting to talk about their purpose. Feeling unhappy or unfulfilled, they want to know how to figure out this big and difficulty question: what is my purpose in life? Identifying your strengths can point you in the right […]

Stop Obsessive Thinking

Everyone at one time or another finds themselves obsessing about a situation that bothers them. Not only do we live a negative experience but we beat ourselves up about it afterwards. This is called rumination- the repetition of the same thought over and over- and it can keep us in a mental rut. Rumination is […]

Mission: Accomplished

When is the last time you thought about what you wanted to accomplish with your life? Have you been doing it? Have you gotten off track? How do you know? Take advantage of this disruption in our lives; perhaps it is a good time to reevaluate things and create a mission statement for yourself. What […]

10 Great Reads (+ One Fun Card Deck)

I love to read and am always happy to recommend books to anyone that asks me. I think books (or Barnes & Noble gift cards) are great gifts for holidays, birthdays, days that end in ‘y’… So even though you didn’t ask, I’m still gonna share. In no particular order, here are a few of […]

Top 10 Mental Health Books to Read in 2024

Resolutions

Category: Resolutions