No, not the Lana Del Rey song. I’m talking about that strange feeling when everyone around you seems excited for summer… and you’re just not. It’s something I hear more often than you might think. We spend so much of the year looking forward to longer days and warmer weather that it can feel confusing […]
Most of us spend our days communicating in some form. We answer texts, send emails, have conversations, leave voice notes, and somehow still end up misunderstanding each other all the time. I think part of the reason is that we expect people to know more than they actually do. We assume someone should know we […]
Okay, so the title is a bit dramatic. But in all seriousness, simplicity is so underrated in its potential to influence people’s lives! There are a lot of reasons why our minds like simplicity, and why it is so hard to achieve. A lot of psychological research has shown how complexity in various forms is […]
Lately I have been noticing how complicated everything feels. Not just big life things, but small everyday things too. There is always something to reply to, remember, organize, improve, or figure out. Even things that are supposed to help us relax somehow turn into another thing to keep up with. At some point, it starts […]
Most of the time, when we think about emotions, we think about thoughts. Trying to figure them out, explain them, or make sense of why we feel a certain way. But a lot of the time, emotions show up in the body first, before we’ve had a chance to name them. It can be subtle. […]
When people hear the word mindfulness, they often picture someone sitting still in total silence, eyes closed, completely calm. For many of us, that image feels slightly unrealistic. Most days are loud, busy and full. The idea of clearing your mind for twenty minutes can feel like just another thing to fail at. The good […]
Parenting moves fast. One minute you are answering a question, the next you are cleaning something, breaking up a disagreement, or trying to remember what you walked into the room for in the first place. It is constant, often loud, and rarely still. In the middle of all that, the idea of being calm and […]
Social media might be one of the last things you think of when considering mindfulness, but the two are not incompatible. Mindfulness can be practiced in all areas of life, and scrolling through social media might be one of the times of day where it is needed the most! It’s a common experience to feel […]
Dating has a way of turning people into detectives. Suddenly you are analyzing response times, re-reading messages and wondering if a one word reply means someone is busy or secretly uninterested. All of this can happen before you have even learned their coffee order. Time watches this calmly and waits. At the beginning of dating, […]
When you think of the important attributes needed for starting and maintaining relationships, curiosity might not be the first thing that comes to mind. Yet the more you consider curiosity, the more you might recognize how important it is in a relationship. You may also realize how you can use the power of curiosity in […]