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How Creativity Boosts Brain Health and Emotional Wellbeing

When we think about taking care of our mental health, we often go straight to the usual suspects: therapy, mindfulness, exercise, maybe some journaling or deep breathing. But creativity? That one doesn’t always make the list—though it absolutely should. Creativity isn’t just for artists or “right-brained” people. It’s for anyone with a brain (so, all […]

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Emotions, Mental Health, Wellness

How Building Healthy Habits Can Transform Your Mental Health (and Your Life!)

Habits often get a bad reputation. We talk so much about “breaking bad habits” that we forget the other side of the story: the ones that heal, restore, and actually give back to us. Think of healthy habits as investments in your mental and emotional well-being. They don’t have to be complicated or time-consuming to

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Mental Health, Motivation, Personal Development, Wellness

6 Therapist-Backed Tips for a Happier, Healthier You

Happiness isn’t a constant high or a perfect life where nothing ever goes wrong. It’s more like a rhythm—an ebb and flow of moments where we feel grounded, content, and connected to ourselves and the world around us. But if you’re feeling stuck in a low mood or just want to invite more joy into

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Acceptance, Affirmations, Boundaries, Challenges, Motivation, Tips, Wellness

Breaking Free from the Daily Grind: A Guide to Reclaiming Your Peace and Joy

Life often feels like an endless cycle: wake up, work, eat, sleep, repeat. The daily grind, with its unrelenting pace and demands, can leave us feeling stuck, depleted, and disconnected from the things that truly bring us joy. Escaping this hamster wheel doesn’t necessarily mean quitting your job or moving to a remote island (although

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Guides, Personal Development, Wellness

Why Moving Your Body Feels Good Beyond Weight Loss

Movement is often marketed as a tool for weight loss or burning calories, but let’s flip the narrative. Your body deserves more credit than just being a calorie-burning machine. Moving isn’t just about physical outcomes—it’s about how you feel, both mentally and emotionally. Let’s explore some meaningful reasons to move that have nothing to do

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Motivation, Wellness

Understanding the Signs of Mind-Body Healing: A Journey to Holistic Wellness

Have you ever noticed how a deep breath can shift your mood, or how a good night’s sleep leaves you feeling like you can take on the world? These moments of balance are small glimpses into the power of mind-body healing. Our mental and physical health are deeply connected, and when they start working together,

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Wellness

How to Keep Your Sanity with Mindful Coloring

Coloring books are super popular right now, and for good reason! The act of coloring provides nostalgia for simpler times in our lives and creates a sense of relaxation through in-the-moment awareness and keeping our hands busy! Mindful coloring asks you to focus on how you choose and apply color in a design to bring

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Anxiety, Children, Depression, How To, Journals, Stress, Teens, Wellness

9 Secrets to Develop Successful Habits

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade, And, Here’s to a Happy and Healthy New YOU! This time of year, we often reflect on the past year, planning ahead for the year to come. We may make resolutions about changes we want to make internally and externally in our daily lives. So, how do we do

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How To, Professional/Work, Stress, Wellness

12 Powerful Tricks to Improve Your Memory

“Why can’t I remember anything?!” We all misplace our keys or forget why we went into the other room sometimes, but if you’re finding this happens to you more often than you’d like, you may think you’re experiencing problems focusing. But oftentimes, these are signs of poor working memory. Tangent time. I originally was going

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Children, Depression, How To, Stress, Wellness

75+ Things to Put In Your Calm Down Kit {Free Printable}

A calm down kit is a fantastic tool for easing big emotions for all ages. What you put in your calm down kit is ultimately your choice, and I have some suggestions for you to get started! When to use Calm down kits are perfect for encouraging you to calm down from a big emotion.

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Children, Depression, How To, Stress, Wellness

11 Everyday Habits that Drain Your Energy {Part 1}

We are the product of our everyday habits. What we do and how we do influences everything, from our personality to our productivity. But… we all have bad habits that use up our valuable time and energy. If you find yourself feeling exhausted or depressed seemingly out of nowhere, a great place to start is

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Depression, Stress, Wellness

5 Ways Physical Fitness Leads to Mental Fitness

We’re all familiar with the physical benefits of fitness and exercise, but did you know that your emotional and mental health improve with exercise, too? Historically, the mind, body, and spirit were treated as separate entities. As we’ve progressed with research, we now know that these are intertwined, and treating one component will absolutely have

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Anxiety, Nutrition, Stress, Therapy, Treatments, Wellness

Journal Prompts

Self-Discovery Journal Prompts In what situations has my greatest strength served me well? What are ten things I am grateful for this week? What can I do to take better care of myself? What do I need more of in my life? What does my ideal day look like? What is a missed opportunity I

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Anxiety, Depression, How To, Journals, Stress, Wellness

An Introduction to Journaling

I’ll bet you write daily. Facebook posts. Instagram posts. Tweets. Texts. therapy journal Recording our experiences is human nature – hey, how else have we gotten so many novels, textbooks, and research? We can use our natural urge to record to our benefit! Journaling is a form of writing that not only records our thoughts,

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Anxiety, Depression, How To, Journals, Stress, Wellness

Beating the Winter Blues

Early sunsets, colder temperatures, snow, and gray skies. The change in weather and the slump after the holidays can make some of us feel the winter blues. seasonal affective disorder The winter blues is a general term for feeling down throughout the winter months, typically December through February. Some of us feel this decline, especially

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Anxiety, Depression, How To, Stress, Wellness