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TGIF | When Others Won’t Grow: Owning Your Journey Amidst Resistance
Digging deeper into the core of this issue, we find that fear is the underlying force that fuels the resistance to taking responsibility for one's actions. The prospect of admitting imperfection can be an intimidating and vulnerable experience.
TGIF | Embracing the Journey of Self-Improvement: A Personal Reflection on Healing and Humanity
What resonated with me during that pivotal scene was the affirmation that life is messy. We can be grappling with our own struggles, inadvertently hurting those around us, and still acknowledge that we need to do better. It's a delicate dance of feeling immense emotions while understanding the need for personal growth.
TGIF | Unlocking the Power of Your Morning Routine: A Science-Backed Guide to Morning Exercise, Mindfulness, and Self-Care for Personal Growth
As winter weather wanes, it’s easy to start to neglect those promises we made to ourselves at the start of the year. However, to keep you motivated to keep caring for yourself, I've got something incredibly vital to share with you today – a game-changer that science backs up, and it involves the magic of your morning routine.
TGIF | Navigating the Complex Landscape of Alcohol: Unraveling the Ties That Bind
Let's dive into a topic that often stirs strong emotions and personal convictions, triggering a sense of defensiveness for many. It's a subject deeply intertwined with our social fabric, shaping the way we gather, connect, celebrate, and socialize – the complex world of alcohol.
TGIF | From Pain to Purpose: My Somatic Therapy Journey After a Life-Altering Accident
Despite diligent efforts with physical therapy and rest, the pain persisted. In a moment of desperation, I turned inward, rediscovering the potency of somatic therapy.
TGIF | A Calming Practice
And here’s the thing - even in our moments of distress, we can pause and create space for wonder. Whether it is in response to an angry colleague, disgruntled family member, tantruming toddler, disconnected spouse, or grumpy stranger, we have the opportunity to give ourselves peace. Try it on: I notice, I wonder, I think…
TGIF | A Word for 2024
But with that, I’ve been reflecting a lot on what I wish for 2024. You see, it feels as though the last few years have intensely reminded or taught us that we are not in control. The external events continue to occur and we all have to make our way through them. Surprises happen, challenging and uplifting, and yet they remain surprises.
TGIF | Navigating Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma: A Guide to Emotional Resilience
While empathy and compassion serve as a beacon of hope and unity, such feelings can also be a source of internal struggle. By the end of today’s newsletter, I want you (and my dear friend) to have more support in handling the big feelings related to witnessing other’s suffering.
TGIF | Empathy in Global Conflict: Fostering Shared Humanity and Kindness
The question I got was fraught with anxiety and pain this week - “Kerry! How do I handle this toxic world in which it feels like everyone is literally at war with one another? I feel helpless, hopeless, and overwhelmed.”
TGIF: How to Change the World with One Word
And ultimately, our deepest relationships start at home. Where can we all be in more choice to put down the screens and turn towards each other?
TGIF: How to Slow Down Your Busy Life
In breaking down this question, what I’m hearing is the need for control and efforts to plan in order to manage a desirable outcome with all the responsibilities - career, health, kids, family - in your life. You’re busy and your life is full.
TGIF: How to Get Someone to Go to Therapy
SO MANY couples struggle with the growth mindset gap. One partner is actively working on themselves, in therapy, reading all the books, meditating, and eating green juice while the other partner is still binging booze, addicted to social media, going out with friends until midnight, and denying the need for any help. It can be infuriating.
TGIF: How to Thrive with Adult ADHD
I feel I’m addicted to procrastination and the adrenalin that stress gives me by working in fits and bursts, but I know it’s not healthy. I wonder if this might be ADHD and can I really help it?
TGIF: How to Handle Back-to-School Anxiety
Hey Kerry, I need some advice to help my kid with anxiety starting the school year. We had a great summer but their anxiety has increased a lot since starting school, making it hard to focus and get motivated.
TGIF: How to Handle Back-to-School Anxiety
In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares TOOLS, GRATITUDE, INNOVATION and FEELS as she answers a reader’s question about supporting their child with back-to-school anxiety.
TGIF: Managing End of Summer Anxiety & Blues
It’s getting colder, summer is over and I’m feeling blue. Did I enjoy summer enough? Did I make it magical enough for my kids? I don’t want warmth and sun to end, I’m afraid of coming colder months. What is this?
TGIF: When Your Truth Hurts Others
This week’s question comes from someone embarking on an exciting new life chapter following divorce, but trying not to carry the emotional fallout into her new season of life.
TGIF: Managing Perinatal or Postpartum Depressive Mood and Anxiety
This week’s question comes from a new mom experiencing perinatal anxiety. Even if you yourself are not pregnant or in the newborn stage, I believe her question and my response can relate to anyone.
TGIF: Coping with a Loved One’s Serious Illness
Life has this uncanny way of throwing curveballs our way when we least expect it. One of the most challenging curveballs is when a beloved family member falls ill. It's like being caught in a whirlwind of emotions, uncertainties, and tough decisions.
TGIF: When Therapy Is Intimidating
Let’s be real- no matter how far mental health destigmatizing has come along, unfortunately there is still a stigma about being “someone who goes to therapy”.