By now you may have accumulated a number of coping strategies during quarantine. However, many people find that it is one thing to come up with self-care ideas, and a whole different challenge to actually engage in them. This is where a…

A body scan is a meditative practice aimed at helping you connect with physical sensations held within the body. The purpose is to cultivate greater bodily awareness in the service of deepening your

If you’ve ever listened to a particular song to motivate yourself while exercising or enjoyed the soothing sounds of classical music, you already know that listening to music has …

In ACT therapy, we use the concept of clean pain and dirty pain to help differentiate between pain and suffering. Clean pain represents the …

With all the additional responsibilities and anxieties that are present for many of us right now, it is hard to remember to pause and check…

Restorative yoga is a type of yoga practice that is about slowing down, resting, and feeling totally supported in your body so that your mind can…

If you are feeling anxious or preoccupied with worry, try dividing your worries into two categories. Take a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle. On one side write down…

Most people are experiencing intense and persistent levels of stress and many people are anxious and worried. For some, this manifests in…

Take a moment to scan your body. Is there anywhere you are holding tension? Perhaps you feel …

If you are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of time you spend worrying each day, or feel that worries are interfering with your sleep, your work, or your ability to be present, consider the practice of …

From a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy perspective, “musterbation” or “shoulding” refers to “demand” thinking that is…

  Setting healthy boundaries in relationships is a way of asserting how you want to be treated and telling people what your…