How to Manage Stress and Avoid Burnout
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
Pandemic anxiety? The thought of things reverting to normal brings a paralyzing sense of anxiety for some.
Pregnancy and Postpartum with Dr. Aparna Iyer
While being pregnant or having a baby is a happy occasion, it can also be a time of overwhelming stress for many women. Joining me for straight talk on postpartum wellness and mental health is holistic psychiatrist and neurologist Dr. Aparna Iyer.
How to Deal With Emotional Loneliness
Human beings are wired for connection, and we need it to survive and thrive. Cultivating connections in relationships with ourselves and others can help combat loneliness along with these six prevention techniques.
Cheated On: Starting therapy in a crisis with Cory Montfort
Recovering from an affair is a messy business. We try to help each relationship no matter the circumstances. For the betrayed, rebuilding the ability to trust. For those who cheated, rebuilding their trustworthiness. These things take an exorbitant amount of courage, patience, and time well-spent to accomplish.
Myths and misconceptions about therapy with Cory Montfort
Our host, Laurie Poole, LPC discusses common myths and misconceptions about going to therapy and being a therapist with co-host, Cory Montfort, LPC-S on this inaugural episode of Therapist Unplugged.
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
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.