How to Be Mindful About Working from Home
As we pass the one year mark for the “start” of the pandemic (or at least the start of shut downs and quarantining here in the United States) it’s hard not to take a pause and think about all the ways...
View Article6 Tips for Adjusting to Big Life Changes
As much as we wish it weren’t the case sometimes, change is a guarantee in life. In a lot of ways, change can be good. It forces us to grow, to try new things, to expand. It makes us deal with our...
View Article4 Tips to Prepare for Returning to In Person Work
As many of us become eligible for a Covid vaccine, working-from-home is starting to be less of a necessity and non-essential workplaces are beginning to welcome back their vaccinated employees. While...
View ArticleThree Ways That Trauma Affects Your Brain
Many of us have had a closer relationship to trauma this year than we normally do. Over the past year, the pandemic has completely changed the way we live and socialize, and it’s also led to the deaths...
View ArticleManaging Post Vaccine Social Anxiety
Now that more and more of us are getting vaccinated, the possibility of the world opening up again is becoming more and more real. While it’s still important to be safe, with vaccinations, we can feel...
View Article3 Easy Practices to Try this Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness month was started all the way back in 1949, as a way to increase awareness about the significance of mental health. Originally it started...
View ArticleHow to Set Boundaries With Coworkers
Setting boundaries at work, especially with coworkers, can be intimidating. In the United States, we put a lot of value on productivity and hours worked, as well as “not rocking the boat”. So setting...
View ArticleEMDR: What Do I Need to Know
Have you ever heard the term EMDR and wondered what it stands for? EMDR is a popular treatment method in therapy that is used to treat things like trauma, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, panic...
View Article4 Ways to Support the LGBTQ Community for Pride Month and Beyond
Happy June! In the US, June is recognized as Pride Month. This history of Pride Month itself is not well known. In recent years Pride has become more a celebration than anything else, but that’s not...
View Article4 Ways to Use Your Phone for Workplace Wellness
Our phones–whether we like it or not–are with us almost constantly. While that could mean we’re spending more time on our phone than we like, it can also make them our handiest tool. We don’t often...
View ArticleHow To Be An LGBTQ Ally In the Workplace
If you work with other people, chances are you work with someone who identifies as LGBTQ (and probably more than one someone). Even though acceptance of LGBTQ people has been steadily increasing in...
View ArticleAffirmations for Welcoming Vulnerability
Have you been working on your affirmation practice? Last time we talked about affirmations, we went over what they are and how they help us. Here’s a quick review if you’re new to affirmations:...
View ArticleWhat to Do When Someone Comes Out to You
Chances are, if you know other human beings, you know someone who is queer. Since we still live in a heteronormative culture in the United States (aka a culture where it is assumed from birth that you...
View Article5 Ways to Support Staff Mental Health
More than ever before, workplaces are focusing on employee mental health. Whether these mental health initiatives are borne out of the organization’s mission and values or in response to increased...
View Article50 Questions to Reignite the Spark in Your Relationship
A few years ago, there was an article called “The 36 Questions That Lead to Love” in The New York Times that went viral. The article talked about how being vulnerable with your someone can help...
View Article5 Ways to Reduce Money Anxiety
Money really does make the world go around, but it can also be a huge source of stress and anxiety for people. It is necessary for so many things, but there are lots of structural and social reasons...
View Article15 Affirmations for Workplace Wellness
For many of us, productivity and workplace performance have a major impact on how we feel about ourselves. It’s understandable–we spend so much of our time at work, it’s natural that our work-life...
View ArticleDoes EMDR Therapy Really Work?
Do you ever feel like your past controls you? Many folks live with memories of the past from time to time, but sometimes it’s not comforting to be thrown back into a memory. For people who have...
View Article30 Journal Prompts for Folks With Chronic Illness
Dealing with chronic illness can bring up a set of challenges you never expected to face. Learning how to cope feels even harder when you don’t feel well. Keeping a journal can be a place to reflect...
View ArticleEncouraging a Culture of Self Care in the Workplace
Over the past 18 months the importance of work/life integration has become paramount. We’ve talked about the importance of engaging in self care at the workplace, but to truly establish this as an...
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