Fiercely Claim Your Leisure Time
When my toddler was a year old, I sat him in front of a giant art pad with a jumbo crayon into his hand. Of course, the first thing he did was put the crayon in his mouth, but with [...]
To Be a Therapist During COVID
This has been a hell of a year to be a therapist. I mean, it’s been a hell of a year to be a human, but we therapists have a front row seat to the ways in which it’s been [...]
50 Coronavirus Self-Care Tips
About five years ago, I wrote a blog article called “100 Strategies to Help You Practice Self-Care”, and to this day, it is still the most viewed post on our site. True to its name, it’s a list of 100 [...]
On Burnout: You’re Not a Lazy Person Who Hates Work
Over a year ago, I wrote a series of articles about recognizing symptoms of workplace burnout and how you can manage that with self-care. I described that burnout often looks like depression: you have trouble getting out of bed, you don’t enjoy [...]
Media Boundaries and Self-Care
That was then… The year is 1993. You wake up in the morning, you brush your teeth, take a shower, and get dressed. Before settling in for breakfast, you retrieve the newspaper from the patio of your home and glance [...]
5 Breathing Games to Calm Your Nerves
I’ve been talking a lot about self-care this week. It seems that in trying times, the superpower I can offer people – whether it’s friends, clients, or strangers on the internet – is the question, “what are you doing to take [...]
Say Yes to the Stress
I spent the better part of 2016 planning my wedding, and in that process, I learned a lot. I learned how to negotiate a vendor contract to make sure my interests were protected. I learned how to delegate and then [...]
6 Ways to Endure the Trump Presidency
Yesterday – I’m certain I don’t have to tell you – was a roller coaster of emotions. Most people I knew woke up in the morning, reveling in the likelihood of the historical day: electing the first woman to be [...]
5 Reasons Scuba is Good For Your Mental Health
Last weekend, I had the great privilege to begin renewing my scuba certification through Eco Dive Center. This is a lengthy and involved process, including hours of home study, skills practice in a swimming pool, and finally, several open water [...]
What kind of machine are you?
My very first car was a 1995 Chevy S-10 pick-up truck. I was in college at the time, knew nothing about cars except that I needed one, and my friend was selling his. We exchanged cash for car title, and [...]