What is anxiety? Racing heart. Tightness in your chest. Upsetting thoughts that loop round and round. It’s a distressing experience of grating unease familiar to many. Anxiety is among the most common human experiences, especially for women navigating life after…
Being tasked with breaking the cycle is a raw deal. Why you? Why not your parents, or their parents, for that matter? Why didn’t they do the work? Why do you now have to spend so much of your young…
When I was in the greatest depths of my recovery work, I remember times of being in emotional crisis, with my next therapy appointment days away. The best things I could do for myself were go for a walk, write…
Ever feel frozen in front of your to-do list despite knowing exactly what needs to be done? Or want to care for your life, but find self-care difficult? That’s not laziness. It might be productivity anxiety, a response shaped by…
Wellness has always been about connection—the innate balance between body, mind, and spirit, and how this balance extends to our relationships, environments, and our world. For most of human history, we lived in rhythm with nature. We woke with the…
That familiar, automatic reach for your phone, first-thing-in-the-morning, … Just a quick check, you tell yourself, to make sure nothing urgent came up overnight. Before you know it, you’re scrolling, eyes darting between notifications, mind locked into news and social…
I’ve spent the past week working on my wellness tech post, exploring whether it can actually improve our lives… or if it just adds to the relentless pace of on-all-the-time, tracking of everything, and notifications demanding instant attention. I was…
Note: Health technology can be helpful for supporting your well-being, but it cannot replace seeing a medical professional for guidance. This post is here to share information, not diagnose or treat. It’s only 10 AM, and I’ve already used AI…
How do some people move through life with a clear sense of what they want, while others second-guess their decisions, even on small things like what to eat? How can some remain steady in who they are, while others feel…
Burnout is stealing our joy. In today’s non-stop world, there’s endless pressure to do more, see more, be more – but when we’re feeling frazzled and running on empty, life’s pleasures fade away. Burnout pushes the good life out of…