Treat Yourself Like Someone You Care About
You’re probably pretty good at showing up for other people. But what happens when being the dependable one leaves little room for you?
Avoidance Feels Like Relief… Until It Doesn’t
Avoiding something can make you feel better in the moment, but that temporary relief can keep you stuck. Learn why avoidance happens and how taking one small step can help you move forward.
Practical Strategies for When Your Brain Won’t Cooperate
Struggling with executive functioning? Explore practical Strategies for managing executive dysfunction, getting started on tasks, and making everyday life more manageable.
Managing Transition Stress
Even positive changes can bring transition stress. When a lot is changing at once, you might feel overwhelmed, unsettled, irritable, anxious, or like you’re constantly trying to catch up with your own life.
How Heat Can Affect Your Mental Health
Extreme heat has been associated with increased psychological stress, irritability, fatigue, sleep disruption, and difficulty concentrating. Research is still developing, but there is growing evidence that heat can affect both our physical and psychological well-being.
Grief and Life Transitions: When Change Feels Like Loss
Sometimes, grief follows a major life transition. A move, a new job, becoming an empty nester, the end of a relationship, a change in your identity, or simply realizing that life looks very different than you imagined can all bring a sense of loss.
And sometimes, it can be difficult to understand why you’re struggling.
Navigating PTSD Through Summer Celebrations
For many people, the summer brings backyard barbecues, family gatherings, and fireworks lighting up the night sky. For others, those same sounds and sights can bring overwhelming stress, anxiety, or painful memories.
Week 7: How Community and Connection Ease Anxiety
Why Group Treatment Helps with Anxiety Anxiety often convinces us we’re alone. That no one else thinks this way or feels this way. But healing happens in community. Group therapy and in-person workshops offer something uniquely powerful: connection. In a world where we are growing further apart as a society, it’s no wonder the amount […]
Week 6: You Don’t Have to Fix Your Anxiety to Feel Better
When anxiety flares up, it’s tempting to immediately jump into problem solving mode. What triggered this? What can I do? How do I make it stop? Totally understandable—your brain wants relief. But here’s the reality: Trying to “fix” anxiety the moment it appears can actually make it stronger. Why? Because the message underneath becomes: “This […]
Week 5: When Your Anxiety Is Really About the Past
Have you ever caught yourself wondering, “Why am I like this?” Maybe certain situations trigger anxiety, even when nothing obvious is wrong. Your body tightens, your thoughts race, or you feel on edge and you can’t quite explain why. That kind of anxiety isn’t always about what’s happening now. Sometimes it’s tied to what’s already […]