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Holistic Therapy: What is Internal Family Systems?
What is Internal Family Systems? And what does it mean to work with our parts? An introduction to IFS, the different parts of us, and the path towards healing.
What is Somatic Therapy?
What is Somatic Therapy? And how can it a help us? The body-based approach that encourages us to be with our feelings, rather than thinking right past them.
6 Ways to Overcome a Breakup
Going through a breakup can be an emotional and difficult time, and it's important to take care of yourself during this period. Here are six ways you support yourself holistically during this time.
Treating Substance Use Holistically
Substance use is a complex, layered struggle. Building an integrative, holistic treatment play is critical when it comes to supporting the individuals mind, body and soul.
6 Holistic Ways to Get Better Sleep
The quality of our sleep also plays a role in how well our nervous system is functioning. Let’s take stressors for example, if we are sleeping poorly (which is a kind of physical stressor) we will be less able to properly handle stressors and may find that we are overwhelmed more easily.
The Biology of High “Functioning” Anxiety
What is the biology behind high “functioning” anxiety? In today’s blog, we are breaking down what may be happening inside the body (and the nervous system) when it comes to experiencing high “functioning” anxiety.
Avoiding Burnout and Finding Deep Rest
On avoiding burnout, challenging “hustle” culture, and deepening our relationship with rest and ourselves for mental wellbeing.
How to Shift the Inner Critic Mindset
Our inner critic is often fueled by cognitive distortions which are internal mental filters and biases that often leave us second guessing ourselves as well as feeling badly about ourselves. Learn how you can use the 4 C’s to modify these unhelpful thoughts and change the way your inner critic speaks to yourself.
The Impact of Trauma on your Mind and Body
Trauma is not just a category of experiences, it is also about our response to those experiences. An ongoing stressor can be a traumatic experience, as can the betrayal of trust in a relationship, a physical accident, or suddenly losing someone important to you.
A Psychologist’s Experience with High “Functioning” Anxiety (plus a free resource)
I’m a licensed clinical psychologist struggling with High “Functioning” Anxiety. I’m sharing a little bit more about my experience with high-functioning” anxiety, to provide insight AND make you feel a little less alone. Plus, I include my free HFA downloadable resource if it is helpful.
Nonviolent Communication in Relationships
Nonviolent Communication: Returning home to our needs, practicing deep listening, and finding our way through conflict.
Inflammation and Your Mental Health
We continue the conversation with naturopathic doctor, Dr. Kelsey Myers, as she discusses the bidirectional relationship inflammation and mental health.
Inflammation: What You Need to Know & How to Reduce it
Our naturopathic doctor, Dr. Kelsey Myers, breaks down what inflammation is and small changes you can make to you daily life that can help improve this problem.
How to Make Friends As An Adult
We are wired for both social connection and for acting defensive in order to protect ourselves and our nervous system is part of this equation. This means, in order to create positive social connections — we need to feel safe enough.
The Mindful Scroll
A discussion onsocial media, comparison, and how to mitigate some of the less-than-ideal effects of too much time scrolling on mental health.
Holistic Living With Technology
The upside of technology: Five holistic apps & podcasts to help you thrive.
Biohacking: the what, why and how (A psychologist’s experience)
Exploring what biohacking is, how to do it, and why it is good for your mental and physical health.
Creating a Life Worth Living is the only Resolution You Need
Creating a life worth living is all about finding pleasure in the small moments of our everyday life. By identifying our values and the small things that bring joy and contentment in our everyday life, we are able to create a life worth living.
What is Brainspotting? Let’s explore this mind-body treatment.
Brainspotting is a mind-body therapy that can allow for more rapid and deeper processing. This method is a bit different than traditional talk therapy in that you and your therapist are using eye locations to access deeper regions of your brain as well as your body.
4 Ways to Physically Calm Your Nerves
Our vagus nerve is the cranial nerve that is responsible for soothing our nervous system in moments of stress. It’s known as the “mind-body connection,” because it runs from our brain down to the bottom of our digestive system.