Take a moment to POP! Feeling overwhelmed? Stressed? Anxious? Remember the power of the POP technique: 🛑 Pause: When you notice yourself feeling overwhelmed, take a pause. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and give yourself a moment to pause and step back from…
Affective forecasting, quite simply, refers to the prediction of one’s future emotions. At times, this can lead us astray, because we can may forecast particularly intense emotions with a long duration, creating a sense of fear and dread. Other times, however, forecasting how we may…
As a therapist, I’ll freely admit: therapy alone isn’t enough for healing. It was never meant to be enough. We need community, we need movement, we need healthcare, I think we need connection with nature, we need family (chosen or biological), we need meaning and…
Why is it so hard to stop scrolling, and what can we do about it?! Cellphone use has been shown to trigger the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine plays a huge roll in pursuit, motivation and reward. The problem? Well, dopamine seeks more dopamine,…
If you have a dog, I’m sure you know already that they can immensely improve our mental health. Here are some of the many reasons why: -Dogs can boost a number of ‘feel good’ chemicals in our brain, including dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin. The release…
We all get stuck sometimes. Here are a few questions I find myself repeating to build insight and movement: Where do you feel that in your body? Can we check the facts on that? Do you think this could have an origin story? What has…
