Mental Fatigue: Our Minds are Like a Battery
Everyone can feel overwhelmed from time to time. When the news cycle repeatedly exposes us to negative and distressing stories, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and emotionally exhausted. This continuous exposure can make us feel like our batteries are being drained, a concept known as mental fatigue. Signs of mental fatigue Mental fatigue […]
Dealing With Someone Else’s Emotions
Empathy and compassion can be drivers in how we connect with the people we care about, but sometimes the empathy slips into absorbing the emotional state of others. It’s one thing to sense how someone else is feeling, but many of us start to feel it ourselves.
What to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed: 10 Tips and Tricks
Everyone feels overwhelmed from time to time. It’s what we do when we’re feeling overwhelmed that makes all the difference. It doesn’t have to be a complicated or drawn out process to manage stress and overcome anxiety. There are simple things you can do in the moment and throughout the day that can provide the relief […]
Dealing with Anxiety and the Fear of the Unknown
Dealing with Anxiety and the Fear of the Unknown Colorado Center for Assessment and Counseling offers counseling and assessments for people dealing with anxiety and the fear of the unknown Plans change. Things get out of control. Your babysitter isn’t answering the phone. Your bills come quicker than you expected and they threaten to cut […]
This Is All About Me
Okay, I lied. It’s about my family too. I’ve missed them because I’ve been working too much for a long time. I am very fortunate…what started as just me seeing a few clients a week has grown into a clinic with five clinicians and administrative support. There are many positive things about the growth – […]
Surfing the Urge
I found a great series of posts on using mindfulness for addictive behaviors the other day at Dr. Elisha Goldstein’s blog. Well worth checking out the entire series, but I’d like to highlight a particular piece that really stuck out to me. Dr. Goldstein includes “urge surfing” in the skills needed to combat addictive behaviors […]
