Healthy Communication Basics 

Healthy Communication Basics 

Most of us could use help with our communication skills. And many conflicts end badly because we said the wrong things with our mouths and or our bodies. In fact little of what we communicate is actually with our words. You may have heard the adage that much of what...
Alcohol & Anxiety

Alcohol & Anxiety

Through the summer months we may notice that we are consuming more alcohol as we are attending more summer events. With increased alcohol consumption we may notice a variety of new symptoms, both physical and mental. One of those being increased anxiety after a night...
Let’s talk about workplace burnout

Let’s talk about workplace burnout

Workplace burnout is an occurrence we can have in a particular work environment, or a feeling we can experience in relation to our career as a whole. Burnout can be identified in five stages according to the Winona State University burnout study. Honeymoon phase: We...
befriending your sadness

befriending your sadness

Sadness is a core emotion that we all experience for a variety of reasons, but in our largely emotionally repressed and unaware culture that often shuns feeling our negative emotions and overly promotes being happy, sadness is often buried or ignored, which is...
let’s talk about imposter syndrome

let’s talk about imposter syndrome

Imposter Syndrome Imposter syndrome is a phenomenon that affects many people, regardless of their profession or level of expertise. It is a psychological pattern that causes individuals to doubt their accomplishments, skills, and abilities and to feel like they are...
Why it hurts when you are feeling left out

Why it hurts when you are feeling left out

Have you ever noticed where you see a group of your friends hanging out together, and you can see it on social media? They are laughing and enjoying their time together and noticing the sense of “left out”. You may start to think, did I do something wrong? Do they not...