Posts Tagged ‘Selfcare’
Be Your Own Hero: Learn How Mastery Gets You Moving
One of the main reasons someone decides to go to individual or group therapy is because they feel stuck. Experiences like anxiety, depression, trauma, and unhealthy relationships can leave you feeling like you are not in control of your life. Like being on a merry-go-round of misery, the same bad things keep happening and/or your…
Read MoreWhat is Asexuality? Three Things You Need to Know
Let’s clear up what asexuality means, right off the bat. Asexuality is a sexual orientation where there is a persistent lack of sexual attraction towards any gender. Some might chalk it up to people having a low libido but that isn’t the case. Asexuals or “aces” have fully functioning reproductive systems and also are not…
Read MoreFlying 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 MoreHow to Keep a Promise, to Yourself
You know that friend? That one friend that whenever you make plans with them you feel like it is a gamble. Maybe they will actually show up, or maybe they will cancel at the last minute. Again. So if it bothers you when other people flake on you — how about when you do it…
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…
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