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Get a handle on your stress

Emotional Health MinuteApril 10, 2025524Views 0Likes 0Comments

A evidenced by the discussions of friends, family, clients, my community and larger conversations around the country and world, our collective stress baseline is high and rising. It’s time for a reminder about how to stay as grounded as possible when things feel hard and out of your control. The rock stars to accomplish this are…

Thoughts on managing election anxiety

Emotional Health MinuteOctober 30, 2024491Views 0Likes 0Comments

You would have to be hiding under a rock to be unaware of the political storm swirling around the elections. Clearly there is significant social and political polarization at play, creating tension and even, anxiety for some people, likely to reverberate for some time. Indicators of Election Anxiety Your emotions are heightened, such as fear, worry,…

Improve your self-awareness

Emotional Health MinuteOctober 14, 2024404Views 0Likes 0Comments

Self-awareness is the ability to understand your own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It’s like having an inner mirror reflecting your mental and emotional landscape, allowing you to recognize your patterns, motivations, and reactions. This understanding is fundamental to navigating life with greater clarity and purpose, not only emotionally but in your relationships. You…

Relationship Minute: Identify your wounds

Relationship MinuteApril 15, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Your relationship vulnerabilities have a tendency to be a reflection of prior experiences that were wired into your brain as either strengths or vulnerabilities. These wounds can be healed and your brain rewired (great news) but the first step is to be clear about what your issues are. Ideally, they have an idea of the…

Emotional Health Minute: Your worry is not you.

Emotional Health MinuteDecember 13, 2013755Views 0Likes 0Comments

When overwhelmed with worry it's easy to feel like it permeates your very being. It's hard to separate the feeling from your very core. That's because it can be powerful, especially if the narrative that runs beneath you (your story) is negative: "Something bad is going to happen." "They won't like me." "If I don't keep control, I will…

Emotional Health Minute: Are your automatic thoughts friend or foe?

Emotional Health MinuteSeptember 5, 2013670Views 0Likes 0Comments

We all have an inner voice that chimes in, chirps, directs and processes experiences. An often times damaging aspect of our inner voice are the automatic thoughts (thought+assessment+emotional reaction) that can race by without us being completely aware of them (or their consequences). The problem is, for those who struggle with excessive worry or poor…

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Get a handle on your stress

Thoughts on managing election anxiety

Improve your self-awareness

Relationship Minute: Identify your wounds

Emotional Health Minute: Your worry is not you.

Emotional Health Minute: Are your automatic thoughts friend or foe?

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