You get out of bed. And you’re in another “mood.” Maybe you’re feeling grumpy, annoyed, irritable, impatient, angry, or simply a bit on edge. You lose it at a drop of a hat. The coffee wasn’t made right. That person meant to cut you off in traffic; how dare they! Everything gets under your skin. […]

The phrase, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, which is now cliché, was a saying used by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “He divines remedies for injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; that which does not kill him makes him stronger.”- Friedrich Nietzsche autobiography, Ecce Homo Ever since then, […]

Dragging around old pain is exhausting. You can pretend you’ve “moved on.” You can tell yourself you’re too busy to deal with it. But. What you don’t release, you end up carrying. And that baggage? It shows up everywhere… in your relationships your self-worth your ability to trust in your body I get it. Letting […]

Your past self has helped you get to where you are today. You may not agree with many of the choices you’ve made in the past. But acknowledge that you were trying your best. You were growing. You faced so many challenges and disappointments, spent so many nights crying silently, and still found the strength […]

If you struggle with motivation, you aren’t alone. Many of us can attest to moments in our lives when we’ve lacked the sufficient motivation to do something — whether that meant we left the dishes until the next morning or we failed to study adequately for that important test. We’ve all been there! Yet, motivation […]

You know that sudden feeling in your gut - that tight squeeze or gentle tug that says something's up? Maybe it whispers quietly, nudging you toward or away from something, or perhaps it screams at you to sprint full-speed in the opposite direction. But how do you know if that voice is truly your intuition […]

Believe it or not, our minds have the ability to play tricks on us, otherwise known as cognitive distortions. One such distortion is mind reading, where we make assumptions about what others are thinking or feeling without any concrete evidence. It's like a psychic power gone awry, as we convince ourselves that we know exactly […]

Shadow work has been one of the best emotional healing tools I’ve used thus far in life. I’ve had several “dark nights of the soul” that caused me intense emotional distress. My first “dark night,” I was flat broke with no money to invest in counseling. That’s not a great space to be in when […]

Does this sound familiar? You’re in the midst of a busy work day - juggling multiple projects at once - but you find yourself thinking about what you’ll have for dinner or how you’ll coordinate your weekend plans.  Then your phone buzzes. You reach for it, completely throwing yourself into another train of thought. Or […]