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I am proud to be a contributor to news and education outlets, sharing my expertise on a variety of topics. Check out my most recent contributions below. ​

How to Communicate Your Anxiety to Your Partner

Why Do People Ignore Me? (9 Potential Reasons According to the Experts)​

7 Stressful Holiday Situations Solved by Therapists

8 Ways to Make Decisions When You're Overwhelmed With Choices

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View fullsize Thank you to @blessthemessy for this wonderful reminder ❤️ Its ok (and totally normal!👈) to feel seemingly opposite feelings all at once. I invite you to take a minute (yep, gimme 60 seconds of your day!) to allow yourself to just feel where you are
View fullsize Today I want to chat with you about tips for working from home and ways to prioritize your self-care as we all cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out my blog (🔗 in bio!) as we deep-dive into transitioning to working from home and examining what
View fullsize "Good vibes only" gets under my skin 😵 I feel like it sets an expectation that anything other than good vibes all the time is bad or an automatic fail 😖😬 Where's space for the rest of the array of human emotion and experience?! 🤔 Take a
View fullsize Language plays a huge role in our relationships with others and with ourselves. Choose language that is empowering and encouraging, instead of language that perpetuates a cycle of self-loathing and shame. 🌻 👉On the blog today we’re talking ab
View fullsize Fact: You don’t have to be a zen master to incorporate moments of mindfulness into your daily life. This week we're diving into mindfulness-- what it is, why it matters, and how to incorporate it in your day today. Check out more on the blog! (
View fullsize Happy Friday, y'all! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today on the blog we're clearing the air about assertiveness. Being assertive often gets a bad rap. Assertiveness can be confused with aggression; so it gets bypassed for fear of being viewed as “mean&r
View fullsize Mother’s Day can bring up a whole array of feelings about our relationships to our mothers; to being mothered; to mothering. Wherever you fall on the spectrum, I wish you comfort today. 💐 > > > > > > > Amazing image courte
View fullsize Take a sec to take stock of how you’ve been treating yourself thus far this week. 🤔Have you been setting impossible expectations for yourself? Have you been beating yourself up for something that didn’t go totally to plan earlier in the
View fullsize You get me, @iamwellandgood 🙌 😂It’s Friday, y’all! How can you incorporate things you love into your Friday? > > > > > > > > #friday #friyay #resilience #selfcare #selflove #selfcompassion #savasana #rest #nycth
View fullsize We’ve all been there, right? Going through the motions of our day just to get through it. Wake up, go to work, come home- Rinse, lather, and repeat. But is the point just to get through the day?🤔 Shouldn’t the “point” be to a
View fullsize Happy Friday, y’all! May we all love ourselves as much as Tormund loves SER Brienne 🥰 > > > > > > > > #friday #friyay #resilience #selfcare #selflove #selfcompassion #gameofthrones #nyctherapist #alexapenatherapy