Becoming Friends with Your Body
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It feels increasingly true that the noise on how we should feel about our bodies gets louder, but building a better relationship with your body is possible.
Procrastination and anxiety
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Setting priorities or feeling overwhelmed can lead to putting off tasks. It can increase anxiety and generate more avoidance.
Tips for managing back-to-work anxiety
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Taking time off is essential to mental well being as it can help mitigate burnout, improve mood and increase concentration and job performance. Here are 9 tips for managing work anxiety.
How to Manage Stress and Avoid Burnout
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It feels like a great time to discuss how to effectively manage stress to create a sense of safety and well-being in our lives.
Pandemic anxiety? 5 things to consider
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Pandemic anxiety? The thought of things reverting to normal brings a paralyzing sense of anxiety for some.
Cultivating a Sense of Belonging
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Sometimes life disconnects us from that deep rooted sense of belonging, but we can find our
way back by focusing on the following.
Strategies To Self Regulate
Most of us have the capacity to tolerate the ebb and flow of emotions and have strategies to self-regulate. However, trauma, chronic stress, and adverse childhood experiences can narrow the window of tolerance and limit that capacity. Daily life events can seem like huge challenges and illicit outsized reactions.
Are you a people-pleaser? Here’s a secret to breaking the pattern once and for all
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Though, there is a dark side to these behaviors, and it begins with a constant need to be liked. If you feel responsible for other’s happiness, apologize often, and struggle to say no, you might be dealing with something bigger. You might be a people-pleaser.