Self-care is all the rage. We know that we need to prioritize our well-being, but it seems like rates of stress, anxiety, depression and burnout continue to skyrocket and dominate the news. It seems like we are frequently being told to incorporate self-care into our lives, but either we do something and nothing works or we don’t do it because we feel guilty. We have a hard time valuing this concept of self-care. I have come up with some things you can consider that could be d

Why incorporating a Mindfulness based practice can help you with your stress and anxiety. Five tips to incorporate. We’ve all experienced it. The mountain of laundry that never seems to go down. We sigh, resigning ourselves to this chore that we've decided that we hate. Do you even know why you hate it? It doesn't matter, it just has to get done. We tell ourselves, “well I’ll watch one of my favorite TV shows, that will help pass the time”. Then we start watching something th

We as a society don’t do rest well. To rest is to be lazy, to not be living to the fullest, and to be wasting our life away. Rest is not in our DNA, as our ancestors had to constantly be on the lookout for danger (lions, tigers, food scarcity, etc.) and they had to be prepared to immediately face whatever came their way. Historically though, there were periods of down time, as animals hibernated, they could live off the animals they killed and they could consume the foods the

How saying this creates stress and anxiety in our lives. How to change it with 4 simple words I’ll admit that I used to be one of those people. Always huffing and puffing and stressed out. I had a million things on my plate and there never seemed to be enough hours in the day to get it all done. I would be tired and always complaining that there was too much to do and too little time. And this was before I had a child. Once the baby arrived, that stress multiplied. I was work

Over the years, people, including clients have said to me, "why do I need to go to a therapist, when I can talk to my mom, my girlfriend, my spouse?" "Why pay money to someone when I can just talk to a friend". And I ask in return, “who do you talk to when you need to complain about or navigate a change with the exact same people you are referring to and/or live with?” Talking to your mom about the weather is great, but what about when you need to process childhood traumas yo