Mental Health is of the utmost importance to me, having lived with Anxiety for a large portion of my adult life. I take you through my tips and techniques to help manage anxiety and stress, manage panic attacks, and how to live with your anxiety and make it manageable.
Early days Since I became an adult of legal drinking age, I, like many others, started to drink. In college, I was constantly surrounded by friends wanting to go to the bar, so there was always pressure to go with them (if anything, just to be social). But once you’re at the bar, it’s just…
My story I’ve lived with anxiety for a long time. I struggled with it the most after college, beginning in my earlier twenties, and when I started my adult career. From various difficulties with my friendships and relationships to one particularly bad boss, I started to feel that (now all-too-familiar) dreaded feeling of panic: The…
Methods to cope and heal How do you deal with grief after losing a loved one? The grieving process is different for everyone and there are no hard and fast rules that will always make things easier. In this article, I share some methods I use to help process loss and to help heal in…
Stop comparing yourself to other people. You are beautiful as you are – just the way you should be. Remember that time in elementary school when you were squatting down to look at something, and you thought you were fat because your thighs looked “wide” in that position? That’s what happens when you have muscle…
What can you do to help your team? Are you a business owner, team leader, or manager who has been struggling to help your employees feel happy at work? Is morale on the team low, and you’re struggling with ideas on how best to switch things up to change the atmosphere in the workplace to…
How do you know when to say no? Knowing when to say no is a crucial step in the self-care process. In my early adult years, I had become something of a people pleaser. I was (am) an extroverted introvert who loves being friends with everyone. As I got older, I quickly learned that you…
Why learn to meditate? One of the healthy habits I adopted since going to a therapist was learning how to meditate. With grounding, this is a tool you can use to help find calm from anxiety, panic, spiraling thoughts, and stress. Different ways to meditate There are many different ways to meditate. You can choose…
What are the best teas for anxiety and stress? This is a subject I’ve been wanting to write about for a while, because I am a near-daily tea drinker and I so enjoy the benefits that it feels like a crime to keep this knowledge all to myself!I have battled anxiety for most of my…
What is Grounding? Recently, I made a short video on the grounding technique that has been known to help those who suffer from Anxiety to find a way to slow down the rushing thoughts, panic attacks, and racing heartbeat. I’ll share the video here. Grounding became very useful to me (as someone who lives with…
You know that feeling when you’ve been looking forward to something for a while, and you finally get the news you’ve been waiting for, and it’s not the news you’d been hoping for? Have you recently gone through a difficult audition that you’re wishing went differently? It hurts, and feels like a crushing weight on your…