The first step to getting a therapist is deciding to get one. Now, I’m not here to tell you when you need to reach out for professional help, all I know is my experience. I reached out to start therapy when I started having panic attacks, I was scared and confused about the physical symptoms […]
Mental Health
Toxic Positivity
Let me start off by screaming on the top of my lungs F*** TOXIC POSITIVITY!!! Because you know what? Hardly ever, is this world all rainbows and butterflies. The truth is, life is hard. Life hurts and it’s confusing. Life just sometimes flat out sucks (full disclosure: I’m eating a pint of ice cream as […]
How Are You Holding Up?
A couple weeks ago my mom asked me “How are you holding up during all of this?”, and my answer was the same that it’s been each time anyone has asked me that… “I’m fine! Hanging in there! Doing the best I can like the rest of us!” As time has passed since she asked […]
Resilience
Hi friends! Frustration to the max level over here today. I feel like we are always waiting for answers in life. Wait, wait, wait. In case you didn’t know—anxiety literally feeds off this environment and unfortunately, if you’re me…it’s a hard habit to kick. It’s disheartening the amount of worry I carry around on a […]
How to Boost Your Mood
Feeling in a slump with COVID and Quarantine? Mental health feeling a little off? Just plain bored and down? All feelings I have experienced during quarantine and over the past several months. If you are from Michigan, or anywhere in the midwest, we went from chilly cold winter straight into quarantine. So, basically, we haven’t […]