According to the literature, the use of affirmations has several benefits. It can improve mental health, increase overall wellness and improve one's sense of well being. Affirmations can reduce stress and the effects of negative emotions. There is also an increase in...
Your child has been diagnosed with autism. You grieve. You read everything you can find. You worry about your child’s future. As an expert in autism and the mom of an autistic adult, these are the things I have found useful. First of all, regardless of all of the...
The holidays can be a difficult time of year for many people; those who are grieving or experiencing loss, survivors of childhood trauma, people who are alone and feeling lonely, workers who are not getting a much needed break, etc., etc. Let me help by giving you the...
Struggling with anxiety? These are my top five suggestions when symptoms pop up. Deep breathing helps to calm your sympathetic nervous system which is often activated during times of stress. It can also act as a healthy distraction from feelings of anxiety and...
I often have clients ask for book recommendations. These are the books I most frequently suggest to my clients. The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield. I found this book to be life changing when I first read it almost 15 years ago. It’s inspiring and opens one up to the...
Start with deep breathing from the diaphragm. This will help calm your nervous system and allow you to switch from panic mode. Do a brain dump to quiet your mind. Get all of the thoughts out of your head and create a mega list. This will help you to stop worrying...
With ADHD, sometimes we get distracted. My bestie likes to call it shiny/pretty syndrome. I struggle with this every so often, often during back to school time, when it comes to my “notebook.” For many years, probably 15-20, I have found it helpful to keep a spiral...
I recently wrote about self-care and the mindfulness that I find so important to go along with it. Tonight I want to write about self-love. As I spent a long day caring for my father as well as supporting his wife, I realized I was feeling exhausted and had neglected...
A lot of the work I do with clients revolves around relationships. We all have an innate desire to be connected with others, but in order to do that well, we need to first be connected with, and understand ourselves. I have been single for over ten years, other than a...