8 ways to keep your cool and communicate better in quarantine

Sep 9, 2020 | Relationships

  Living through a pandemic is far from easy. You may have found yourself adjusting to a much more limited social life, figuring out new ways to work or study, or trying to balance work and childcare in a whole new way—all while spending A LOT more time with...

How to find your focus and stay on task

Sep 1, 2020 | Living Well

  You’re 10 minutes into a Zoom call. Some people have their video off, and you do too. It’s been a long morning already, and you’re making your second coffee to try to stay with it. Then, someone says your name. It is in that one fleeting moment of presence that...

How to cope with loneliness

Aug 25, 2020 | Toolkit

  As a writer, I spend more time alone than not.   Under a lamp immersed in a book over a cup of tea. In front of a laptop, toying with phrases until I’m satisfied the words have come together just right. Spending long stretches of time in my own company is a...

How to help a friend struggling with mental health in a pandemic

Aug 18, 2020 | Relationships

  It’s been a tough year. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of our lives, and it’s taking a toll on Americans’ mental health. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the results of a new survey this week,...

7 tips for managing financial stress

Aug 12, 2020 | Living Well

  Ever been too nervous to check your bank balance? So have countless others. Financial stress is a real hardship, and one that can take over our thinking. When money is tight, it impacts every aspect of our lives from simple pleasures like grabbing a meal with...

8 strategies for having difficult conversations

Aug 3, 2020 | Relationships

  Hey there. I’m hearing from many of you expressing the desire to start conversations with people about everything that’s going on. Yet, there’s a lot of anxiety over wanting to broach hard topics but not knowing how or being afraid of getting it wrong....

Are you “doomscrolling” too much?

Jul 29, 2020 | Living Well

You reach for your phone to do something simple, like answer a text or set an alarm. But why not just check Instagram real quick? Maybe someone messaged. And then you figure, well I’ll just watch a few Stories. And then a few Stories in there’s a Tweet you can’t...

How to quiet your inner critic

Jul 21, 2020 | Toolkit

  You know the voice. That one in your head that throws little doubts in your path. You’re no good at this. Why even try? Just give up. That little voice questioning our value is our inner critic.     But what is our inner critic?  First, let’s talk...

How to make a meditation practice stick… for good

Jul 14, 2020 | Living Well

Meditation is good for us. It reduces stress, improves our quality of sleep, boosts our compassion, helps us manage anxiety, and positively impacts our life satisfaction. But if meditation is so good for us, why is it so hard to turn it into a habit? Well, making new...

Anxiety over racism: A path towards peace

Jul 7, 2020 | Relationships

  “Okay, it happened. So, now what?” If you’re white, you may have asked that question of yourself and others. Never mind the guilt and worse yet, shame felt in facing the reality of historical injustices, inhumane treatment which befell Black, indigenous and...