Managing Crisis Mode

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Working in a hospital has taught me so much about coming in and out of crisis mode and how to take good care of our precious minds and bodies. As…

Why not start over?

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This week has felt like a major mental slog trying to get through all the various stressors that presented. Communication breakdown and my tendency towards jumping to conclusions has left…

Having mixed feelings?

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It’s been a long pandemic. I happen to live in a place where lockdown continues but there seems to be some hope arising as vaccinations are becoming more readily available…

Permission to Slow Down

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Do you find that you compare yourself to others? Do you feel that there is pressure to keep up and make things exiting somehow? Are you attached to the feeling…

Seriously?

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Lately, I have been noticing that I am smiling less, hardly laughing and taking everything so seriously. Small things turn into bigger problems in my mind. I find myself impatient…

Feeling Overwhelmed?

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If you are overwhelmed, welcome aboard. Multiple times a day, I am having conversations with people about what they have going on and the things that are making them feel…

You are not responsible for everything

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Somehow, we can fall into the trap of feeling responsible for absolutely everything that happens in life. We carry around this feeling that we are in charge of how things…

What should have been…

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We all get stuck sometimes in thinking about what should have been. More than ever, this pandemic has brought up these thoughts. With the thoughts come feelings of grief, anger,…