Some things just don’t go our way. And sometimes they just continue to not go our way for such a long time that it may start to feel like things have never gone our way before and never will again. It’s our responsibility to maintain hope in the presence of fate’s uncertainty. So when fortune […]

They say when life closes a door, it opens a window. What they don’t say is exactly how easy it is to miss an open window when you’re panicking about the closed door.  Whether it’s a personal relationship, a college application, a job interviewer, a bank official, or even the IRS, we all face rejection […]

When we’re laying awake at night, we are quick to find something to blame. It can be all too easy (and fun!) to pin our sleep issues on something external, but in reality, there’s a lot we can do for ourselves.  We need not be resigned to the fate of insomnia or (sometimes just as […]

Financial stress can creep into your life quietly, shaping your mood, your energy, and even your sense of self without you realizing it’s happening. During the holidays—when spending expectations rise and emotional pressures run high—it’s especially easy to overlook the toll money worries take on your mental health. Before you can address what you’re feeling, […]

It’s time to pack our lunches, load our overpriced school supplies into an overstuffed backpack, and dive into another year of education. Whether you’re a student approaching another semester or a parent seeing their kids off to a new grade level, going back to school can bring up a lot of complicated feelings.  Why does […]

Therapy can help you heal your burnout, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy. Striking the right balance between the things you need to do and the things you want to do requires subtlety and practice. Therapy is work. You wouldn’t think that the solution to burnout is more effort, but in fact, […]

Therapy can give us the tools to handle our money anxiety, but it takes a good therapist and a committed client to put those tools into practice. What can we actually do to cope with our money anxiety? What advice do the experts have to offer when it comes to mental wellness in an age […]

Burnout is hard to recover from. Awareness of it is hard-won, and recovery can require a rewiring of our most deeply ingrained habits. Getting a therapist can help, but no amount of therapy can force you to learn how to work and rest sustainably. It might not sound fair, but the burden of changing your […]

Feeling overwhelmed by finals week? Approaching the finish line of each semester can be a test of our endurance, lifestyle, and emotional wellbeing. Any mistakes we’ve made are now readily apparent, and putting yourself in a state of hypervigilant distress about it comes all too naturally. But if we are highly upset, highly burnt out, […]

Hard work is actually an essential element of a satisfied life. As humans, we crave the feeling of working hard and seek it out when we don’t find it naturally. But hard work is exactly what it says on the tin: it is hard, and it is work. So that means even though hard work […]