Romantic relationships can create a lot of fears around our appearance and weight. 4 tips to help manage those body anxieties.
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5 Tips for Handling Summer-Time Body Anxiety
It can be tough to overcome all the body anxiety summer brings up. Here are some tips to have more confidence without losing weight.
A Potential Flaw in Positive Thinking Psychology
There’s a lot of talk these days about positive thinking and how important it is to change your thinking to improve your health and happiness. And while I won’t argue that our mindset affects our feelings and behavior (because I believe it absolutely does), I am concerned that we can put too much emphasis on …
Sometimes Wrong is Good
If there’s one thing that all my eating disorder clients have had in common, it’s this: at some point or another, they believe they can’t really recover. This is the best I can be. I’ll never get better. I’ll always be stuck like this. Recovery isn’t possible for me. But you know what? Every person …
I Want to Be Happier… Now What?
Last post, I talked about how becoming happier starts with a decision to choose happiness. Maybe it sounds lame and you’re thinking, who wouldn’t choose to be happy? But there are a lot of reasons we choose to be miserable instead… denying responsibility, side-stepping the discomfort of change, avoiding the anxiety of the unknown, being unwilling …
The First Step to Being Happy
Some of us just never really seem to find or hang on to happiness for long. And yet there are some people who are happy even when life is really hard. During our lifetime, we will, without question, experience heartbreak or undeserved tragedies. No one is immune; suffering is an unavoidable part of the human condition. …
9 Questions to See if Your Perfectionism is Hurting You
For most of us who have it, perfectionism is probably both a blessing and a curse. The obvious upside is that perfectionism is associated with exceptional performance and achievement. Perfectionists tend to be driven to do whatever it takes to meet the high standards they set. But there are drawbacks to perfectionism too. In a …
Letting Go Is So Cliché
We’ve all heard the phrase “let it go’ so often, it’s easy to gloss over. I almost yawned typing it. And yet, living it out is so much more than a feel-good catchphrase. It’s profound and painful… and utterly life-changing. There are two parts to this Letting Go Lesson, and today I’ll focus on the first. It’s about …
How to Successfully Navigate a Career Setback
We all know that life doesn’t always go the way we want, and sometimes we have to change courses unexpectedly. Maybe the career change didn’t work out so well or the new boss is horrible or the higher-ups are moving your department to Alaska. Whatever it is, change is hard. But how hard depends a whole lot …
4 Tips for Dealing with Overwhelming Anxiety
If you struggle with anxiety, you’re certainly not alone. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health issue in our country, affecting an estimated 40 million adults in the U.S. (source: National Institute of Mental Health). Given that the NIMH also says that average onset is age 11, you might have struggled with anxiety for a long time. …
