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Emotional regulation sounds technical, but we actually do it instinctively, and often without noticing. Examples of this type of unnoticed emotional regulation are things like doing something [...]

Ready to learn how to thrive during life’s transitions? Whether we feel as if we’re ready or not, change happens to all of us. And while big transitions often come with fears (“What [...]

When we see missteps as failures, it’s likely we’re stuck in a fixed mindset.  In this kind of mindset, we tend to believe that our abilities, traits, and qualities are fixed–that [...]

Ready for more talk on distorted thinking? This week we are talking all about changing our thinking patterns.  First, a review: what is distorted thinking? Cognitive distortion is a way in which [...]

This week our topic is self care and we’re focusing on: learning to find your self care priorities AND prioritizing self care in your life. First off: what is self care? It’s more [...]

Do you have a daily stress relief routine that works for you? A quick recap in case you’ve missed our previous posts on stress: Stress is our body’s way of responding to demanding or [...]

This week we are talking all about goal setting as a healthy coping mechanism.  First: what is a coping mechanism? Coping mechanisms are exactly what they sound like: they ways in which we cope [...]

We’ve talked about self compassion, and the six different pillars of self esteem, but we haven’t talked about why self esteem is important in the first place! While having low self [...]

Ready for more mindfulness tips? This week we are talking about mindfulness when you don’t have time to meditate. We’ve talked before about mindfulness and the tremendous benefits of [...]

Self-Invalidation is one of many dialectical dilemmas. We have covered dialectical dilemmas before, focusing on the dilemma of active passivity. But if you aren’t familiar with them,  [...]