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On Using Yoga and Movement to Stop Being Busy & Feel More Connected to Your Partner
Do you engage in movement with your partner? What kinds of practices do you do together to get to share in connecting through embodiment? Read on for Gaby Ramos’ experience trying out couples yoga with her partner and learning about the importance of movement for connection.
On Using Mindfulness to Feel More Ease Throughout Your Day
Most of us want to overlook the challenging or painful moments (myself included!) and hope to quickly breeze through them in our day. If you try to pay attention to them though, a lot can be learned from these instances. Read on to harness the power of mindfulness to feel more welcoming of challenging emotions.
On How to Be Less Self-Critical & More Self-Compassionate
How often are you practicing self-compassion? Be honest! We tend to favor self-criticism or self-judgment over learning to be compassionate with ourselves and our experience. We have become so accustomed to beating ourselves up that self-criticism feels comfortable and can even act as a way to soothe ourselves.
On How to Feel More Ready to Start Therapy
This first step to beginning therapy takes insight and a belief (or want to believe) that it is okay to prioritize yourself and your mental health. Let me affirm this step—you are worthy of help, betterment, and deeper relationships. Read on for helpful steps to make starting therapy feel a little bit easier!
On How to Start Developing a Mindfulness Practice
We have a lot of ideas of what mindfulness is supposed to look like, but In reality, there is no right way to become mindful or to create moments of mindfulness in your daily life. Read along to find out some easy places to start!
On Tackling the Need to Always Be Busy & How to Start Loving Yourself as You Are
Is it difficult for you to create space for yourself that includes doing nothing at all or non-productive activities? Are you constantly thinking about the next task? These omnipresent capitalist values inevitably become entangled not only with self-worth, but also with self-criticism. Read on for tips to slow down and increase self-compassion.
On How to Survive Your Trump-Supporting Family This Holiday Season
As we prepare for the first holiday season under Covid-19 regulations, many folx are trying to sort out how to hold space for the tenderness they feel right now AND maintain some sort of connection with family members who voted in support of Trump’s discriminatory beliefs. You’ll find eight tips to help you take care of yourself while spending time (or on Zoom calls) with your conservative family members.
On Conquering School Anxiety During the Pandemic
School could already be stressful without adding on the coronavirus! These 7 tips can help both teachers and students to manage school anxiety and support you to return to school during stressful times.
On Grieving Right & The Complex Emotions Involved
A lot of what I hear in grief work is something along the lines of: I feel like I’m not grieving right. It’s an idea that’s reflective of a lot of things about modern life and comparison culture, but I think there’s something unique in its application to loss.