Mindfulness is all about returning to your body and allowing yourself to just be. If you struggle with anxiety and depression, being present with your emotions will help you move past the discomfort and learn from the messages your feelings send you. Developing your own mindfulness practice will help you when you are feeling overwhelmed […]

We’re all the heroes of our own stories, but the heroes we admire in literature and on the screen find themselves undergoing spiritual and emotional transformations more often than they find themselves using the bathroom. If all of us are heroes, each going on a continuous, limitless, and recursive journey throughout the stages of our […]

Are you stuck in a cycle of self-criticism? Do you have constant negative, internal thoughts about yourself? Do you beat yourself up when you make mistakes? Having unrealistic expectations of yourself is a form of self-betrayal because you are setting yourself up for failure. This gets you stuck because you immediately cling to the idea […]

We’re all the heroes of our own stories, but the heroes we admire in literature and on the screen find themselves undergoing spiritual and emotional transformations more often than they find themselves using the bathroom. If all of us are heroes, each going on a continuous, limitless, and recursive journey throughout the stages of our […]

A trigger is something that sets off a flashback to a traumatic event. Not everyone has the same triggers, however, it can cause intense fear and anxiety. Whenever you are triggered, it’s important to give yourself gentleness and compassion. Being harsh and rigid with yourself when you are moving through intense emotions only intensifies the […]

You’re sick of the pressure at work causing you to feel burned out. You feel like you have no balance in your life, causing you to feel uninspired and apathetic. You may be experiencing fatigue, forgetfulness, insomnia, detachment, and a lack of concentration and productivity. Burnout can affect how you function day to day and […]

Have you ever decided in the morning that you will stick to a goal, such as being patient with others, and find yourself lashing out at someone 4 hours later? Most of the time we set goals with the best of intentions, and end up getting lost in our conditioned patterns of behavior somewhere along […]

    When you have been in a negative frame of mind for so long, it can be incredibly hard to shift your perspective and start thinking more positively. When you have external factors that are negatively affecting your life, it can be even harder to maintain a positive outlook. Fear and sadness easily slip […]

Yoga has been a part of my life for over a decade, but it wasn’t until my yoga teacher training that I began to fully understand chakras and how balancing chakras positively affects mind, body, and soul. If you have been making attempts to work on yourself yet aren’t quite seeing the results you anticipated, […]

Have you ever noticed how you start to feel more depressed or anxious after you have been laying around all day? Sometimes, our bodies need to take time to rest and do nothing. However, there needs to be a balance. If you haven’t been active all day and your mind is idle, you may start […]