It is not a secret that our mental and physical health are connected, but we can easily ignore this fact as we get busier and busier. I find this especially true at the beginning of the school year when life becomes a blur of adjusting schedules, getting into new...
When you think about traumatic events, you most likely think of significant occurrences like natural disasters or violence during war. These types of incidents, known as big T traumas, can leave emotional wounds that continue long after the threat is over. Post...
The Impact of Collective Trauma. I recently saw a post online that said something along the lines of, “It’s getting pretty exhausting living through a historical event every 6 minutes,” and it really hit home. Between COVID, social unrest, political turmoil, natural...
Wondering what is Self-care? Self-care is a topic that has been getting a lot of buzz lately, especially as we’ve been navigating an extremely stressful year. There are blog posts about getting massages, long baths, and glasses of wine, Instagram captions encouraging...
Are you looking for ways to cope with anxiety? Let’s face it, 2020 has been one heck of a year! Many in our nation and worldwide are struggling with anxiety and stress in their lives. If this sounds familiar, here are six suggestions for helping you manage and...
Wondering what the stages of grief during a pandemic? Let’s face it, we are all going through some level of grief. Although its stages are fairly predictable, we can find ourselves in any one of them at any given time. Each stage is valid with its own sets of...
