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Best Online Counseling: 5 Benefits of Online Counseling & 5 Tips to Find the Best Online Counselor for You
Counseling has looked different for most of us over the last couple of months. It may take a little getting used to but you do not have to sit across from your therapist in office for therapy to be effective for you. In fact there are many benefits to online therapy...
Emotional Health During the Coronavirus: 5 Tips to Manage Stress & Anxiety During Covid_19
1. Let yourself feel what you feel, without judgment. It is unfair to expect yourself to stay positive and upbeat every minute of every day. In uncertain times like these, it is particularly unreasonable. It is natural to have varying emotions during times of stress....
Coronavirus Anxiety: 3 Tips to Keep Calm and Carry On
Constant news about the Coronavirus or COVID-19 stressing you out? Worried about your health and your finances? It is definitely hard not to be worried about everything go on around you in the world right now. But there are things you can do to minimize how much the...
2020 New Year, Best You? If You Do These 3 Things!
Do you feel like there is never enough time in the day? Do you feel like you struggle to stay on path and reach goals? Are you not even sure what your goals are? After all, time is our greatest commodity. There are only 24 hours in a day. No way for us to change that....
Failure is the Key to Success
I was recently consulted by Tina Arnoldi, for an article on Theravive on how we can change our mindset about failure. I wanted to share some of it with you. According to a study featured in the Journal of Nature Communications, we learn at an optimal level when we...
Re-Write Your Story
Today we are going to create your new story and I love, love, love, a good quote so I could not pass this one up. Jack Kerouac, American novelist who penned, among other things, “On the Road,” wrote: “I saw my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything...
Negative Self-Talk: The Most Important Words You Say Are Those You Say to Yourself
Did you know the most important words we say are the words we say to ourselves??? It’s sooooo true. How we talk to ourselves, the words we say and the way we say them affect everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, in our lives. First, I want to tell you a little story. I...
How to Empty-Nest Proof Your Intimate Relationship
By the end of this post, you will know what imperfect daily action you can take to make sure your relationship is where you want it to be as your kids leave the house. How satisfied are you right now in your Intimate Love Relationship domain? Ask yourself these...
New Year’s Resolutions: The Top 5 Reasons New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Achieve Results and The Best Way to Achieve the results you are After
Have you ever made a New Year’s Resolution? Have you ever kept a New Year’s Resolution? Chances are, if you have made them, you have also broken them. Why is this? We are sooooo motivated at the time we make the resolution that it seems impossible to fail. But fail we...
How to Beat the Monday Blues
I was recently consulted about ways to reduce the Monday blues. I thought I would share with you the some of the same tips I shared with the author of the article in Ariana Huffington’s Thrive Global. One reason why the beginning of the work week can be so tough is...
Black Friday Preparation: Tips to Keep Holidays Higher in Fun and Lower in Stress
Let’s play a game. Below I have listed several scenarios. I want you to guess whether each situation will raise stress levels or lower stress. Scenario #1 You have invitations to five holiday parties between Thanksgiving and New Years. Two are related to your...
My Morning Mindfulness Routine
I get a head start on my week by being mindful on Sunday and planning my week. On Sunday, I think about what values I want to prioritize for the week. By values, I mean what is important to me in life, what I want others to know I stand for. There will be my most...