*obligatory disclaimer that I am not a doctor or licensed psychologist, and the following information is based on personal experience and research If you dread winter because you associate it with a particularly low mood, you might be experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder, or, SAD. Most people in Northern climates experience some version of the winter blues.
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Life likes to throw us surprises, am I right? 2020 seems to be like if a storage room full of fireworks that went up into flames. The surprises are loud, dangerous, and numerous. With life changing on a daily basis, many of us are stepping up our self care and mental health routines to alleviate
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Art by Tyler Spangler "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." -Buddha Holding onto a grudge is harmful for everyone, but mostly for the person holding it. It raises our blood pressure to feel angry, to feel anxious, and to torment ourselves with thoughts about how someone wronged
It sucks. There's no denying it. Maybe the pain feels like it will never end and you feel stupid for thinking that maybe, this time, it wouldn't end in heart break. You feel alone in your hurting and wonder why it happened, and wonder how things could be different in an alternate universe. The fact
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"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change." Recently I learned about a feng shui tip to help promote personal growth: move 27 things in your home that have not been moved in the last year. If this sounds daunting, I tried it and completed it in under an hour-
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"When the muse comes to your bedside, do not tell her you'll fuck her later." -Allen Ginsberg When those little voices inside tell you to make something, create something, take a class, go somewhere new, do a little dance, make a little love, it's so easy to shun them away in favor of your to-do
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"The better you feel, the more you allow." -Abraham Hicks The morning sets the tone for the whole day. Ever since easy access to internet connection, many of us start our day scrolling the web, instantly looking for entertainment, checking our social media feeds, and filling those first hours seeing carefully curated, photoshopped, and often
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"Be alone. Eat alone, take yourself on dates, sleep alone. In the midst of this you will learn about yourself. You will grow, you will figure out what inspires you, you will curate your own dreams, your own beliefs, your own stunning clarity, and when you do meet the person who makes your cells dance,
"Technology evolves so much faster than wisdom." -Jennifer Stone Raise your hand if you wake up in the morning and the first thing you do is grab your phone and start checking various apps, quickly becoming entranced in the zombie-like scroll. Raise your hand if you've spent entire evenings or afternoons mindlessly perusing your phone,
"Self love means doing things that feel good." - Jen Sincero It seems too simple, but it's true. Self love means you prioritize what feels good. Take enough time alone with yourself to figure out what feels really, truly good to YOU. This means everything from buying yourself new clothes, taking long baths, allowing yourself
