Break Up A Friendship: Navigating The Complex Terrain
by Friendships are foundational to human connection and well-being. They provide us with joy, support, and companionship. However, like any relationship, sometimes friendships can become unhealthy …
Category: self-help
What is Toxic Positivity?
Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, people should maintain a positive mindset. While there are benefits …
Overcoming the Weight of Depression: 20 Tips to Get Motivated and Thrive
Depression is a mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide. It can create feelings of hopelessness, fatigue, and a general lack of interest …
anxiety / mindfulness / self-help / skills
7 Essential Skills for Anxiety (Overcome Fears and Master Worries)
Anxiety is currently the most common mental health diagnosis. Despite many people feeling the symptoms of overwhelming fear, stress, heart pounding, and avoidance behaviors, it …
depression / mindfulness / self-help / skills / stress
7 Essential Skills for Depression
Depression is currently one of the most prevalent mental illnesses in the world. According to Anxiety & Depression Association of America, Major Depression Disorder affects …
Loss Aversion: Flipping the Script on Gains (Losses, or a Better You?)
We all want to gain something, right? We want to be smarter, stronger, more creative, have more money, and so on. You name it, we …
How to Stop Quitting (Resolutions, Goals, Dreams, and Anything Else Difficult)
I’m publishing this just about a week before New Year’s, so you might think this is about not quitting your New Year’s Resolution. I’m thinking …
depression / research / self-help / skills / stress
Behavioral Activation: Walk Up and Kick Depression on Its Butt
If you’re one of the many people who suffer from depression, depressive-like diagnoses (bipolar, dysthymia, schizoaffective), have subthreshold depression, or just feel down in the …
Beat Stress After Work
There’s our work life and our non-work life. While the two should be separate and never interact, the truth is that many people with work …
How to Discover Your Emotional Triggers
Emotional triggers are events, thoughts, and responses that can send us into a mood episode, make us feel anxious, or cause us to avoid and …