While there’s no harm in playing pretend, there is harm in hiding behind emotional armor in real life. We pick up this armor when we are hurt and are worried about being hurt again…
Tag: emotional health
Protect your kids, but not from their own emotions. Instead teach them how to feel all the emotions, including the uncomfortable ones.
Have you ever tried to change what you desire, what you crave, what you think about day by day? Desiring marriage seemed well and good but it didn’t change how I actually felt when I was in a relationship with a man.
Today I want to share some tips on how to mitigate those extra holiday calories while still enjoying and participating in all the holiday fun, without all the guilt or a significant change in your waistline!
FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out. It’s so real it hurts sometimes. There are amazing people doing amazing things literally all the time – and you aren’t one of them.
A common question that is asked a lot is “Do I need to exercise every day to see results?” The short answer is no. The long answer is it depends.
Does your family struggle to manage big emotions? Most do. Big emotions are a reality for all of us, but we often don’t practice how to express and feel big in safe and healthy ways. We certainly don’t talk about our big feels enough- especially the ones that are perceived as negative.
Radical acceptance is all about being authentic and giving yourself permission to embrace emotion at the moment, instead of faking happiness.
Here’s your gentle reminder to take it easy on yourself. It doesn’t matter who you are, when more and more things pile up on your “to-do” list and you know you can’t possibly do them all, then it’s time to regroup and create a better plan.
Have you seen that meme? The one that says “I’m not an early bird or a night owl but some sort of perpetually exhausted pigeon.” Welcome to the life of a mom.