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How To Guide: Supporting Someone with Chronic Illness

Living with chronic illness is HARD especially when many symptoms aren't visible and lab tests don't always confirm a diagnosis or that something is going on. ~90% of disability are invisible - meaning that symptoms are only experienced by the person...

Tips To Ease Your Anxiety For The Rest Of The Day

My therapist once told me that the first step to easing anxiety is to accept that it’s present—instead of telling myself it’s going to ruin my day, I start listening to my body instead. I take a second to reflect on my patterns, emotions, and triggers. What is making me feel unsettled? Even if you cannot pinpoint exactly where your anxiety is stemming from to face it head-on, there are some everyday practices that help calm my nervous system, leading me to a more grounded day.

10 Phrases To Use When You Don't Drink (or just don't want to!)

Weary of explaining why you're not drinking? Whether you’re not drinking for Dry January (congrats you’re almost there!) or have been on the wagon for years, the questions and comments can something gnaw at you. Here are some of the go-to phrases I’ve curated from eight years of not drinking.

10 Things to Say When You're Losing Your Shit

In the last three years, I have gone through some extremely traumatizing and life-altering situations. My husband (now ex-husband) was in a near fatal motorcycle crash which left him in a coma for days and in which he sustained a severe traumatic brain injury. Suddenly I was thrust into the role of caregiver for a condition I knew nothing about. Within a year of this accident I experienced extreme anxiety, panic attacks, domestic abuse, infidelity, and subsequently a divorce. Oh, I did I mention this was all during the pandemic? These situations rank in the top of the most stressful events a person can go through in life and yet I came out the other side with my sanity intact. Below is a list of things I have used when I’m losing my shit.

New Moon Ritual for January 21

Ready to shake up your Saturday night and potentially the rest of your life? The New Moon, making its debut on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at 3:52 ES in the sign of Aquarius could do just that. In fact, the Sun, Moon, Venus, and Saturn will all be in the sign of Aquarius this night making for a cosmic cocktail that will amp up your intentions and delivery from the universe in a big way.