Memorial Day Gratitude and Action for Our Wellbeing
Today is Memorial Day. For many, it marks the beginning of summer. Some schools have already dismissed, the academic year officially over. It’s the unofficial first camping weekend of the season. It’s a day of picnics and barbeques, of gardening—planting…
Appreciate Beauty by Creating Your Own
To appreciate beauty, to be able to pause, take in the world around you, and enjoy the myriad beautiful things around you is empowering. Appreciating beauty is many things at once. It is a: Character strength, something inherent within us…
What is Mindfulness? 6 Mindfulness Facts: An Infographic
Mindfulness. What, exactly, is it? We hear the term often, but there is much about it that remains a mystery. Beyond living in the present moment, what is the practice? The more we know (I'm always learning), the better we…
Shed Social Anxiety and Be Still, Mindful
Social anxiety prevents us from fully living our lives. All anxiety does this, of course, but social anxiety does a particularly good job of blocking our movements along the path to our quality life. This anxiety disorder is more of…
Anxiety and Rumination: You Are Not a Cow
Anxiety and rumination are evil partners conspiring against our wellbeing. Anxiety works its way into our entire being and settles in for the long haul. All types of anxiety disorders do this, as does "ordinary" anxiety, the experience of worry,…
Anxious Thoughts are Sticky: Use Mindfulness to Remove Them
Anxious thoughts are annoying at best and quite damaging to our mental health and wellbeing at worst. Part of the problem with these worries, fears, and what-ifs is the fact that once they form, they stick. It's as if they're…
Mindfulness Reduces Anxiety with a Gentle Shift
Several years ago, when my anxiety was stuck in its intense phase, I decided to give mindfulness, the act and state of being of living fully in the present moment rather than stuck inside our mind, another try. Yes, another…
Mindfulness for Wellbeing: The Mindfulness Workbook for Anxiety
I’ve practiced mindfulness for over a decade. I was first introduced to the concept when I was hospitalized in a behavioral health center following a traumatic brain injury. Since then, it’s become a key element in my mental health and…
Be Your Authentic Self for Happiness and Wellbeing
It can be difficult to be your authentic self and create happiness. Sometimes, life—our inner world, outer world, or both—is drab, dull, lackluster. When that happens, create happiness anyway. Carry your own colors with you. Every March 20th, the world…
Triumph Over TBI: How to Turn Loss Into Opportunity
In the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), life can feel chaotic. There is so much to sort out, and doing so isn’t easy. By knowing what losses TBI brings, we can take action to turn loss into opportunity…