These are my Top tips for preventing burnout, with some background on why and how burnout happens in the first place. Why You’re Burned Out Burnout doesn’t happen overnight. You might feel like you just woke up burned out one day. But more likely, you just “woke up” to the reality of being burned out….
Does just thinking about vacation and holiday planning, visits, and managing expectations leave you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed? You are not alone. Yes, the holidays can bring warm feelings with treasured memories, connection with loved ones, and meaningful traditions. However, it may seem like these benefits are outweighed or even submerged by feelings of anxiety…
Have you been told that you are too sensitive or had your emotional reactions dismissed? Do you feel inexplicably drained after interacting with others or with changes to your environment? You may have naturally adapted over the years to this kind of negative feedback by not sharing your inner processing with others, limiting your social…
Birth trauma is real. Often we start with a birth plan. I’m pretty sure many of us started with an ideal way we’d like to birth. Whatever that was, perhaps it went totally sideways. Birthing individuals are often treated as crockpots of babies, rather than instrumental human beings to be listened to, and treated with…
What does it mean to be human? After just doing a random google search, human is defined as relating to or characteristic of people or human beings. Being part of this population myself, I see that this is not a concrete definition that truly describe who we are as humans. Being a human being is being connected to…
Have you ever heard those stories of people who hate themselves so much that they changed for the better? Yeah, me neither. Typically, this can lead to further self destruction. Short term changes can appear to be positive, but they are particularly challenging to stick for the long-term. Why is this? To put it simply,…
5 Tangible Ways to Stop People Pleasing and Start Living: Most of us are born with an innate desire to please those around us and feel as though our coworkers, friends, family, and even acquaintances like us. When we feel liked or someone praises us, it sets off a small reward system in our…
“Objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion” is a well known physics principle. Humans also resist change. When we have depressed feelings, we tend to slow down, and it can be very difficult to get moving again and make change happen. Combine life stresses with…
An estimated 20 to 30 percent of the LGBTQ community abuses substances, compared to about 9 percent of the population as a whole. This can be due to several factors, but can mostly be attributed to the daily societal pressures that our community faces that heterosexuals simply don’t have to put up with. Discrimination based on sexual orientation…
We Are Human After All I have been in therapy on and off over the years, mainly for a place to get perspective and validation. I have always found it valuable to feel heard, seen, and challenged. Probably not surprising that I went in to the field! However, my whole appreciation for the helpfulness of…