Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a condition that involves cognitive changes that don't interfere significantly with daily functioning, but can still be frustrating. In fact, the Alzheimer’s association...
Why Resisting Anxiety Makes It Worse!
Do you know the difference between "social" and "general" anxiety? The Social Anxiety Institute describes "social" anxiety as “the fear of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to...
Create a Daily Thought Download in 5 Easy Steps!
Do you have thoughts swimming around in your head that keep you anxious and awake at night? It might be time to focus more on exactly “what” you are thinking and why. A thought download or “brain dump”, gets...
What’s Radical Acceptance?
If you ever had a love one pass away, you know how truly difficult it is to accept. When my mom passed away, I had a hard time believing that she was really gone. I wanted to rewrite the past and make her...
7 Simple Ways To Remember Tasks!
A good memory is useful, especially when important tasks need to get done. Do you ever think of something that you want to remember like an appointment, to take medicine or to reply to an email? You make a...
Are You a Worry Wart?
Dictionary.com defines worry as "to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret". Are you a worry wart? I’m sure you’ve heard the saying about 95% of the things we worry about never happen,...
Use Your Imagination For Creativity Not Anxiety!
Deepak Chapra says “The best use of imagination is creativity, the worst use of imagination is anxiety”. Isn’t that the truth? If you're in a place of creativity, you think about all the possibilities, and...
13 Ways To Refocus Your Brain While Social Distancing!
Because of the Coronavirus, many of us are social distancing and staying home. Yes indeed, this is a very scary situation, and what makes it even worse is worrying about it day and night. Does worrying about...
Are you Stuck in a Thought Loop?
So, what's a thought loop? Brooke Castillo describes a thought loop as "a thought error that tends to happen in our brain and is reminiscent of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but is something that we can...
Why Radical Acceptance Can Help Stop Suffering!
I first learned about radical acceptance in therapy because my Mother passed away. Her passing was unexpected, because we thought she was going to get better. I kept thinking, if she only would've gone to her...
Clean Up Your Thinking With A Daily Brain Dump!
Do you have thoughts swirling through your head that keep you awake at night and frustrated? Are your thoughts causing unwanted anxiety? It might be time to start focusing more on exactly "what" you are...
How To Stay Healthy While Grieving!
I'm going to get a bit personal and share a little about my own grieving process that still to this day, hurts my heart. Back in 2012, my husband and I were about to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The day...