Blog posts
December 21, 2024
125 Word Feelings List + How Identifying Feelings Can Improve Relationships
[4 Minute Read] When was the last time you paused to check your emotional temperature - to actually practice identifying feelings? In modern culture, it’s common to ignore feelings or...
6 Easy Ways to Practice Self-Soothing for Emotional Regulation
[6 Minute Read] [Trigger warning: brief mention of substance abuse and self-harm] A small disclaimer: I don't mean to imply that it is "easy" to self-soothe (particularly if you...
5 Tips for Getting Over a Breakup
[6 Minute Read] Breakups are hard. Beyond our obvious immediate hurt and sadness, they may bring up difficult feelings of loss, grief, loneliness, and abandonment and trigger us on many...
4 Tips for Navigating Shadow Work
In analytical psychology, the “Shadow” is an unconscious aspect of the personality that has not been brought to awareness (such as destructive patterns). It may also refer to an individual’s...
Cognitive Flexibility: What it is, and 5 Ways to Improve It
[5 Minute Read] Cognitive flexibility is the ability to adapt our thinking and behaviour in response to our environment. It refers to our ability to look at things from different...
5 Ways to Deal with Unhealthy, Irrational Guilt
[7 Minute Read] Guilt is a misunderstood, complicated emotion that can be deeply rooted in our past. For most of my life, I battled irrational, codependent guilt that ate away...
8 Ways to Validate Yourself to Build Self-Trust and Mindfulness
[6 Minute Read] One of the best ways to build up your connection with yourself is by validating yourself. Self-validation teaches you to take yourself and your experiences seriously. It...
