CBT techniques

CBT Techniques You Can Do at Home!

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is a short-term therapy technique that can help people find new ways to behave by changing their thought patterns. You likely have an image of therapy in your mind–a man rigidly reclined on an uncomfortable schedule sofa, talking with a therapist about his mommy or daddy issues. […]

Finding Gratitude for 2020

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever.” ~Charlotte Brontë 2020 has been unlike any other year. We have seen a global pandemic, lockdowns, quarantines, political unrest, and a presidential election of scandalous proportions. On a more micro level, we have […]

inner peace during turbulent times

Finding Inner Peace in Turbulent Times

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King Junior The world is in complete commotion. With the Pandemic, the elections, and everything in between, we might feel like we are living in a blender. Life is […]

Staying Connected with Yourself During Quarantine

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH For many of my readers, quarantine has meant an increase in responsibilities–helping everyone else survive. How are you helping YOURSELF, though? This edition of Quarantine Talk is dedicated to ways to show yourself love during quarantine. Quarantine has really been something, huh? If you are working from home, you have had to […]

Sanity-Saving Exercises During Quarantine

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH While the “See 10, Do 10,” push-up challenge is circulating the internet, I have another suggestion for four crucial exercises that will strengthen your physical, mental, spiritual and creative senses during this crazy time of quarantine.  Push-ups are hard. I had a couple friends tag me in the #See10Do10 push-up challenge on […]