When anxiety arrives, you must pay attention, carefully, to your body. To what it feels. You must notice the very beginning of the very first pull. That is your cue to untangle yourself.
Tag Archives: mental health
I Went From Exhausted To Energetic. Here’s How.
The four simple strategies of REST can help anyone sleep better tonight
Your Guide to Better Mornings
How to establish a morning ritual and how to use one to be calm, clear, and connected to your higher purpose all day long.
Is Social Media The New Smoking?
Like cigarettes, social media is ubiquitous (69% adults at last count). We use it compulsively. We use it to socialize. We use it to blow off steam. We use it to get a jolt of energy. Like We use it to numb out.
A Room of My Own
Being location-independent has its perks, but, as Virginia Woolf observed in her classic essay A Room of One’s Own, “A woman must have…a room of her own if she is to write.”
Facebook Is Not Your Friend
What happens to our mental health when we sub out IRL relationships for those on social media? A psychology experiment that’s over 60 years old offers clues.
The Problem with Self-Help Culture
At its worst, self-help culture feeds on shame to create repeat customers.
I Practice Self Care Because That’s What You Do When You’re A Healthy Adult
Justifying self-care as an extension of mothering is just one more way women are dismissed in our society.
Black-And-White Thinking
How to use data reduction, a technique from psychology, to drill down to what’s essentially true about what causes and relieves stress in your life.
When I Get Anxious And Sad
Perspective on how conditions — like fatigue and the season we’re in — impact emotions.