Blog categorized as Emotional Wellness

The Importance of Loving Your Body

May 6th was "International No Diet Day" , and it began in 1992 with a woman who decided to fight back. British feminist Mary Evans Young battled anorexia, body image issues, and bullying for years.


Young invited her friends to wear “Ditch That Diet” stickers and fully embrace their bodies f...

05.07.19 08:42 AM - Comment(s)
What Every Mother with Postpartum Depression Needs to Know

This week I’d like to share with you a beautiful piece written by Julie Santos, a program strategist from Costa Rica, and published in March of 2019 in Thrive Global. I hope that moms who are experiencing their own postpartum depression will find comfort in Julie’s story, and useful, practical survi...

04.01.19 08:58 PM - Comment(s)
Building Your Self Esteem

Basically, you are the smartest person you know, and you believe everything you say.

 

What you say to yourself is extremely important. When you tell yourself something, either positive or negative, you are reinforcing that idea. And just like those famous drooling dogs of Pavlov’s, that continuo...

02.12.19 12:20 PM - Comment(s)
End the Year Confidently

There are so many things that I love about this time of year. I love the way that we all get hunkered down for the winter. Homes seem to get cozier, trips to another town seem more special, and it seems like we check in on each other more. This is the time of the year that I start to take inventory ...

12.03.18 11:58 AM - Comment(s)
Baggage

We all have it. Baggage is that emotional stuff that you have stuffed down and haven’t dealt with it. It’s like stuffing memories and feelings in a closet so that you don’t have to look at them.


It is a natural process that we all participate in, and it has many different names. It can be called avoi...

10.21.18 06:10 PM - Comment(s)