The holidays come around every year and each year brings the promise of magic and wonder. Christmastime delights entire families and gets them excited for gifts, celebrations, and time off from their regular routine. The excitement…
How Setting Boundaries is the Key to a Joyful Season
There you are, minding your holiday business when someone’s dysfunction crashes into your spirit. It may be your family members, your coworkers, or even your close friends. There’s a lot of Grinches and Scrooges lurking out…
8 Ways to Spend Thanksgiving During a Pandemic
We all hoped things would be back to normal for the holiday season, but when we began hearing rumors about a second wave hitting us by fall, we realized it wasn’t likely that anything about 2020,…
6 Ways to Reduce Anxiety While You Await the Election Results
We know our world is in a state of unrest at the moment. If you are in the United States, things have never felt less certain than they do at this exact moment. Unfortunately, with as…
How Do I Keep My Anxiety at Bay When the Rest of the World Has Gone Mad?
An anxiety sufferer’s worst nightmare. The world is in chaos. There’s fear. There’s commotion. There’s uncertainty. There’s a complete lack of safe feelings. And this time, it’s not just those who have diagnosed anxiety issues that…
Are You Suffering From Anxiety or Panic Attacks?
How do I know if what I’m feeling is anxiety or just regular stress and nerves? If you’ve asked yourself this question, this will help you determine the difference. Do you feel especially nervous before a…
A Goodbye Letter to the One Who Broke Me
I won’t name names, but you know who you are, and you know what you’ve done. I just want you to know, without question, that we are finally over. The days of you hurting me are…
I’m not crazy, I’m just a little unwell.
I’ve always been fascinated by the human mind. I’ve always wondered what made it tick? What makes it function? And better yet, what makes it MALfunction? When I was younger, I wanted to be a forensic…