Mental Health Check-In
December 13, 2022
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This time of year can become quickly overwhelming and hectic, so let’s take a moment to pause, breathe, and check in with ourselves.
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Self-Care During the Holidays
December 6, 2022
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“I don’t have time for self-care,
but what I really don’t have time for
is feeling like crap.”
-Joyful Living with Jen Lefforge
Grief During the Holidays
November 29, 2022
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The holidays are often depicted as a happy, joyous, and festive time of the year spent with loved ones. But, the holidays aren’t always a wonderful time. It can be a difficult, sad, stressful, or anxious time for many people. If you’re experiencing grief this holiday season, you’re not alone.
Moreover,
“you are not a grinch,
you’re in grief.”
-David Kessler
Boundaries During the Holidays
November 22, 2022
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The holiday season has begun! But, unfortunately, the holidays can easily become overwhelming, hectic, stressful, and exhausting—both at work and home.
As we plan for the holidays, it’s important to know what our expectations and boundaries are for this time of year. So, in the spirit of taking care of ourselves, this week, we are learning how to set and maintain our boundaries during the holiday season.
Mentally Preparing for the Winter Months
November 15, 2022
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As we approach the winter solstice, the nights grow longer and the days shorter. It is common to experience a change in mood and energy with this change in season, a change that often leads to sleep disruption and lower mood and energy.
This week, we’re taking the moment to mentally prepare ourselves for the winter months so we can manage the “winter blues.”
Routine
November 8, 2022
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Do you prefer your days to be casually spontaneous or structured by routine? Even if you tend to scroll on when you see the word “routine,” we all subject ourselves to a degree of routine without knowing it. We tend to group our habits, such as brushing our teeth, making dinner, driving to work, or visiting family on the weekends, to certain times in our day, week, or year. As helpful as routines are, it can be difficult to create a new routine when you’ve had a routine (no matter how loosely or rigidly structured).
So, whether your days feel rigidly stagnant or hectic with no stability, this week, we’re learning how to build a meaningful routine that we actually enjoy!
Sleep Hygiene
November 1, 2022
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Sleep is a precious thing, not only because of all the mental and physical health benefits, but just simply because we’re often tired and it has become a scarcity. Sometimes our work or commitments pull us away from a full, restful night’s sleep, and other times we toss and turn, struggling to fall asleep. Or, maybe we find ourselves more productive at night and tend to push off sleep in favor of (finally!) getting some work done.
This week, we’re learning about sleep hygiene and how we can protect our precious sleep.
Self-Care is a Process
October 25, 2022
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When our busy work days demand so much of our time, attention, and energy, taking “me-time” is important but may make us feel selfish or guilty because we’re not being productive. Or, sometimes we mean to engage in self-care but get swept up in our busy, stressful lives.
This is your friendly reminder to pause, check in on your well-being, and make time to engage in self-care.
Noise Colors
October 18, 2022
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So, you’re sitting at your desk, trying to get your work done—you’ve got a long day of work ahead of you and a big pile of tasks to work through. But then your workmates start chattering down the hall, and then the heater finally kicks on and begins humming; you hear the cars as they drive by, the clock is ticking, and…all the noises make it difficult to concentrate on your work.
Or, maybe you find it difficult to fall asleep because it’s either too noisy or completely silent.
One way to combat unwanted noise or silence is to listen to noise colors. This week, we’ll learn about the different colors of sound.
Build a Sensory Self-Soothing Kit
October 11, 2022
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Have you ever drifted through a day? Maybe you got tangled in your thoughts and worries, maybe you were running on auto-pilot, or maybe you experienced sensory input that was too overwhelming or uncomfortable.
When we drift from the present moment, we become ungrounded, but we can ground ourselves by engaging with our senses.
In a previous newsletter, we learned how to engage with our senses. This week we’re taking this one step further and learning how we can build our own sensory kit!
