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Coping with Transitions
I think a lot of people already know this statistic, but let’s talk about it anyhow. What, traditionally, are the top five most stressful times in someone’s life?
Death of a loved one.
Divorce.
Moving.
Major illness or injury.
Job loss.
Bewitching Wellness “Recipes”
Setting and following through on your own boundaries in life is central to wellbeing, so much so that we made it the number one recipe on this list!
A Simple, Not Easy, Answer to Our Mental Health Crisis
Remember how it felt to not be able to hug a friend or loved one during the pandemic? Remember that gap of connection that we could visibility see instead of just feeling the emptiness in our hearts? Remember how we ached to be able to sit in a friend’s living room and just talk?
A Therapist’s Experience with Psychedelics
To start, you may be unaware of the growing interest, research, and innovation in psychedelic treatment for mental health. John Hopkins has been the leading medical and academic institution to study the impacts of psychedelics on treating PTSD, depression, and end-of-life anxiety, among other uses.
How To Prevent Burnout
September is a month of many mental health themes: Slow Down September, Self-Care Awareness Month, Suicide Awareness Month, and Sober September to mention a few. September is my favorite time to slow down, and being forced to pause this past week got me thinking about our chronic pace and its implications.
How to Make Life Easier
If you’re a long-time reader of this newsletter, you’ve heard me say this before: if you want your life to be easier, you have to do the hard things. If you want your life to be harder, you continue to do the easy things.
Embracing Seasonality
My shape-shifting by the seasons left me feeling shameful. I criticized myself for my lack of consistency and discipline. However, I have learned through the ancient Yoga Medicine of Ayurveda and just general psychology - we’re meant to change with the seasons.
Why It’s So Hard to Trust Yourself
Parts Work has become a bit more mainstream in the last couple of years. Like much of the rise of mental health care, TikTok and influencers “finding themselves” during Covid have resulted in some growing attention and awareness.
Why Are We Here?
In light of Reset’s recent 4 year anniversary, I’ve been reflecting on the question, “Why are we here?” I mean this both on a personal/small business level and also on a much greater, global humanity question.
(The Real) Modern Mindful Parenting
So here’s the thing: modern mindful parenting is not about being perfect, never yelling, or being with your kids 24/7. Modern mindful parenting is also not about having the perfect kid.
We’re Sticking Around: How to Take On the World (and Stop Numbing and Escaping All The Fear)
Last week was tough for me following the mass shooting in Highland Park. Thank you for your patience as I took additional time to cope and process an event that took place very close to home and impacted many people I care deeply about.
Music as a Mindfulness Tool
Whether using music to relax, ground, or energize, there are many ways that music can benefit the mind and body.
How to Feel Safe When the World Is Not
We’ve been here before. We’ve been scared, grief-stricken and overwhelmed. We’ve donated, posted memes and yelled in the shower. We’ve looked up marches, called our senators and ranted on social media.
The Importance of the Body in Mental Health
But mostly this week, I was reaffirmed how much the body does in fact keep the score. I was in loving gratitude for the Reset way of doing this work and for witnessing profound transformations with panic, injury, chronic pain, and trauma this week.
Why We Are Miserable
Our addictions seem endless: drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, sugar, processed food, video games, social media, iPhones, working… and it’s seriously hurting us. It’s most significantly impacting our youngest generation raised on technology, chemicals, and instant gratification.
Learnings from My Latest Rotation Around the Sun
This last year has been about finding my way back to myself. In the last 5 years of becoming a mom, it’s been really hard to remain centered within myself. Add managing a business and two little boys during a pandemic and it’s no wonder I (and most of us) feel a bit frayed.
Not Just for Kids, Art Therapy is for Adults
In the early years of our species, before we wrote, we drew abstractly & we tried to capture the world around us through representational drawings.
Could You Use a Mental Performance Coach?
Each coach is specifically trained for their role through experience, certifications, workshops, and education. However, these coaches aren’t trained to manage the mental side of sport. Mental Performance Coaches (MPC) are there to teach athletes the skills not only address an athlete’s mindset but improve it.
When You Feel Like an Angry Parent
And when I’m tired, I get irritable. Maybe angry. Lose my cool quicker.
And all of this: burnout.
How to Live in a Dreadful World
I want to figure out a way, maybe even just tools, to continue to smile, be hopeful, and grateful in a world that feels increasingly suffocating.