Posts Tagged ‘NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION’
Manage Your Stress in 2020
I recently listened to a few podcasts that talked about stress reduction and thought there were a lot of good ideas. I have been working closely with all of them myself and will attempt to share these ideas in hopes that you will find them helpful too. Reducing stress in our lives is so important. …
Read MoreSelf-care in the New Year – Part II
Adding on to last week’s post, here are a few more ways of making self-care a priority for you in 2019. Create a ritual that helps tap into the parasympathetic nervous system by slowing down – for example: making hot tea (or hot water with lemon) as a ritual. The ritual aspect to this means…
Read MoreSelf-Care in the New Year – Part I
I don’t know why, but I really don’t like making New Year’s resolutions. However, I do strive for self-improvement and growth all year long. One of my main focal points over the last year has been improving self-care, and I carry this into 2019 as well. I have found a new at-home practice to be…
Read MoreBe Happy in 2017
With the New Year just around the corner, it seems important to take a look at the expectations we have around happiness in our lives. People seem to confuse happiness with pleasure and/or peak experiences of joy. We are not meant to constantly be in a state of “happiness,” which means we are chasing something…
Read MoreBREAKING HABITS
I just finished reading the book “The Power Of Habit” by Charles Duhigg and thought I would share some of the powerful take-aways I have from this book. It feels so good continue learning and growing in life and as a therapist. I enjoy sharing the new research findings I come across, and this book…
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