The Pursuit of Wellness: 10 Ways to Practice Self-Care
The holiday season is quickly approaching, and, for many, it can feel like a whirlwind. Balancing responsibilities from your work, family, and social life can be exhausting and cause anxiety – the holiday fatigue is real. Practicing self-care, as cliche as it...
Mental Health & Magnesium
So you’ve come to therapy because you’re having problems coping with depression, anxiety, or even insomnia. In the therapy office, we often talk about how you can respond to emotional distress through thinking exercises, breathing, meditation, and behavioral changes....Snowpocolypse Brain: Take These Steps to Recover
This past week – the Houston Snowpocolypse / Snowmageddon – knocked a lot of us off our feet, for a variety of reasons. Many of us spent days without power and water. Cell towers were down, disrupting our ability to make phone calls, receive text...
5 Real Strategies to Improve your Self-Care
As a therapist I often find myself suggesting that clients take time to invest in themselves by engaging in self-care. Not surprisingly, they often agree that they need to do something and often lift their brow at the term “self-care.” For as often as I hear this...