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Mood-Boosting Foods to Eat During the Holidays
The holiday season can be an emotionally complex time. While it brings joy and connection, it can also amplify stress, grief, loneliness, seasonal depression, and emotional exhaustion. For many people navigating anxiety, burnout, or mental health challenges, this time...
Calming Your Nervous System: Coping with Holiday Stress Using the Polyvagal Theory
The holidays are often painted as a time of joy, family, and celebration—but for many, they also bring stress, overwhelm, and emotional exhaustion. Between packed schedules, financial strain, family dynamics, and social expectations, it’s easy for your nervous system...
Shame or Guilt? How could shame be affecting your life?
Shame and guilt often times are used interchangeably, however, they are two entirely different things. Brene Brown, the founder of the concept of shame and the Shame Resilience Theory, has created this theory to help people live their life through a whole hearted lens...
Attached and latched, how to understand attachment styles
Have you ever heard someone say “That child has separation anxiety” or, “that person has some serious daddy issues” or, “why are you so clingy and anxious all the time when we aren’t together?” All of these phrases have something to do with attachment styles. First...
Pomodoro Technique
How to use the Pomodoro Technique to conquer time management and blast through your to-do list. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management tool that creates dedicated focus periods for completion of specific tasks. This method involves work periods of 25 minutes,...
What it Takes to Become a Mental Health Counselor
The path to becoming a Mental Health Counselor is one that has both challenges and rewards. I am going to share with you the journey in becoming a Mental Health Professional in Minnesota. After you obtain a Bachelor’s degree (4 years) you have to obtain a Master of...