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Thriving Through the Holidays
If the holidays bring you significant stress, let’s explore how you can use the 7 C’s of Resilience to navigate the chaos and thrive this year.
Below is a list of suggestions—see which ones resonate with you and consider setting a few as goals.
Holiday GIFTS from the HEART
This holiday season, embrace meaningful gift-giving with heartfelt, low-key ideas that bring joy without the pressure of consumer culture. From cozy handmade gifts and local finds to traditions that celebrate family, this guide offers inspiration for creating memorable holiday moments.
Resilience Builds HOPE…and HOPE Builds Resilience
Dr. Ken Ginsburg, a pediatrician who works with homeless youth, developed the 7 Cs of Resilience to help people strengthen their ability to cope. These seven competencies help us prepare for life’s inevitable challenges by building up our mental and emotional muscles.
Here’s how you can start building resilience by focusing on each of the seven Cs.
Regulating from the Inside Out
Self-compassion involves caring for every part of yourself—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. When balanced, you can navigate challenges by relying on what you know to be true about yourself and your ability to handle adversity. This post covers how you can build emotional resilience.
The Joy of an Unbalanced Life
This blog post explores the concept of work-life balance as a myth, suggesting that instead of striving for a perfect equilibrium, we should embrace the natural ebb and flow of life. It discusses how life’s demands and energy levels fluctuate over time, making it more practical to seek harmony rather than balance.
Finding Yourself: Beneath the Labels
Explore the journey of self-discovery and the impact of labels on our identity. This blog post delves into how childhood experiences and societal expectations shape our understanding of ourselves. Discover how to embrace your complexities, integrate experiences, and move beyond restrictive labels to truly find yourself.
Healing and Growing Post-Trauma
Post-Traumatic Growth explores how individuals can experience profound personal growth following traumatic events. It highlights five key domains: personal strength, closer relationships, appreciation for life, new possibilities, and spiritual development. By embracing these areas, trauma survivors can transform their pain into a catalyst for a deeper, more meaningful life, finding resilience and hope along the way.
Mental Health: One Element of Healing and Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is a time for us to pay attention to our own mental health, as well as that of our loved ones and communities. Mental health affects everyone. Whether we are extending support, raising awareness, or working to extinguish stigma, we all have a part to play.
Energy – Finding the Balance
This blog examines the critical role of energy in our lives, exploring its physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions. It discusses the zero-energy universe theory and the importance of energy balance to prevent chronic illness and improve life quality.
Spring – A Lesson of Transition
In this week's post, I delve into the heart of these transitions, exploring how both the expected and the unexpected changes offer us unique opportunities for deep, meaningful healing. From the subtle shifts that each new day brings to the more profound, life-altering events we sometimes face, there is always a chance to grow, to heal, and to emerge stronger.
Winter is for Hibernation
Practical tips for conserving and generating energy during the coldest months. Learn how to adapt to winter's pace, from understanding the benefits of a state akin to bears' torpor to embracing the joy of cozy indoor activities.
Thriving Goals: More Than Just Resolutions
As the new year unfolds, many of us set resolutions, intentions, or select a guiding word. It's a time of beginnings and an opportunity to reflect and reset.
But did you know that the second Friday in January is the “quit date”?
Thriving During the Holiday Season
As I prepared to write this blog on thriving during the holidays, I realized my advice would have followed the same pattern. So, whether you find the holidays overwhelming or like everything in holiday lights, this is how to thrive this time of year.
Christmas: A Time For Books
Giving books as a gift is an art – they can be for fun, a shared experience, a way of saying to someone you love, “I see you.” If you are looking for a beautiful gift this holiday season, these may be great for…
Thriving in Chaos is here!
It is not easy to put yourself in the center of your daily activities. There is always so much to do. My book is an attempt to look at life from various perspectives so that we continue to grow and thrive in the chaos of day-to-day life.
We ARE the Village
It is always important to know who we can count on. Even if you think you’re handling life just fine alone, it’s so much easier when you have people in your corner.
How do you identify your village and support systems?
Fiction, Stories Of Real Life
I get that lost in stories now. It takes me out of my current day responsibilities and into the story, skipping time. Here are my 5 favourite stories to revisit during the summer.
Self-Care: It’s not what you think
Traditional self-care can be hard to fit into everyday life. This blog takes a look at how you can adopt new forms of self-care to your summer.
Integrating Our Stories: From Pain to Healing
When I tell people that my therapy practice centers around trauma and grief, there is inevitably a story that longs to be shared. I want to hear people’s stories—they’re a core part of the person they’ve become.
SMALL is a Trauma Response
Small means “I keep to myself, especially when I feel uncomfortable.” However, connection and support are what really help in these scenarios. Knowing your reaction to stressful circumstances is only the first step. Here is how to navigate asking for help if being small is one of your trauma responses.