Posts Tagged ‘Anxiety’
Flying Solo: Single By Choice
Our conversations around relationships have changed over the years. The old picture of a nuclear family- a heterosexual, lifelong marriage with at least two children, is no longer the only socially acceptable way to be in a relationship. And lately, people are starting to accept that monogamy and heterosexuality may not be the only way…
Read MoreWhen Two Become One- How to Know When You Are in a Codependent Relationship
Your love should be so strong that you can’t live without the other person. You would do anything to be with him/her. They are the first thing you think about when you wake up and the last thing you think about before you fall asleep. You need to need them. These are the messages we…
Read MoreStarting Before You are “Ready”- 6 Tips for Managing Anxiety and Getting Started
As someone who is intimately acquainted with anxiety, I understand the desire to play out an idea in one’s head, all the way to its hypothetical completion, before ever taking action. In other words, unconsciously finding ways to circumvent the actual experience of doing. As I sat down to write this month’s blog, for example,…
Read MoreFive Ways To Combat Holiday Stress
The holidays come with many traditions, some familial, some cultural – they can all be stressful. Some traditions are similar across families – carrying on how their religion or how their culture celebrates a particular holiday. Other traditions can come more from your family’s individual culture, and by that, I mean your family’s particular set…
Read MoreInto the Great Wide Open
Why do we think that we know what’s going to happen most days? Because our routines sustain the fantasy that we know the future of our own little worlds. I know where I’m going to go get coffee today; I know most of the people that I’m going to spend my time with this week—these…
Read MoreTaking Risks: Showing Your True Self
“It’s not okay to show who I really am right now.” Is this something you’ve ever told yourself? When you first began to say it, maybe you had good reason to. Perhaps you started to believe that you are “too much” — too emotional, too sensitive, too needy, too anything. Once this type of thinking…
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