I want you to imagine a bus. Your bus can look however your creative little self wants it to. Throughout your life, different passengers have boarded your bus. These passengers show up as a result of genetics, life experiences, key attachment relationships, and trauma. Why is it important to identify and get to know our passengers? Read more to find out...
If you’re a human being, you’ve probably experienced difficult thoughts and feelings when starting a task or a project. From an ACT lens, all human suffering—including suffering related to undertaking a task or project our mind labels as difficult—is rooted in psychological inflexibility. Psychological inflexibility feels pertinent as we travel into the new year, a rich time for reflection and forward momentum and an easy time to slip into psychological inflexibility.
Hey folks with depression, I see you out there, doing the best you can during the holidays. I know this isn’t the easiest time of year. Let's work on normalizing depression, especially in our culture, particularly during the holidays, so we can help you move with more ease through the season.
Anxiety, like ice cream, comes in an infinity of flavors. And like ice cream, it’s hard to go through life without. What's your flavor of anxiety? Is it worst-case scenario anxiety, "I'm going to fail" anxiety, control anxiety, "I'm a bad person" anxiety, or a five-scoop sundae of multiple flavors? Explore some of the different flavors of anxiety, and a few skills you can use in response.