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Overcoming Perfectionism: Practical Strategies for Letting Go
If you have a tendency to engage in harsh self-talk, you might be struggling to overcome perfectionism. Perhaps you criticize yourself intensely for even the smallest of mistakes.
5 Signs That You May Need to Enforce Boundaries in Your Relationship
Maybe you’ve never made a strong effort to enforce boundaries in your relationship. But perhaps you’ve realized that you consistently set aside your own needs in favor of your partner.
People-Pleasing Behaviors: What They Are and How to Address Them
Maybe you feel uncomfortable when you disagree with other people, even on small matters. Perhaps you can’t bring yourself to turn down requests for help, regardless of how busy you are.
The Weight of Emotional Labor: Breaking Down the Uneven Burden on Women
When you hear the word “labor,” you might think about physical effort. But emotional labor can be just as taxing as manual work.
Understanding Prolonged Grief: How to Recognize When It’s Affecting Your Daily Life
If you’ve recently suffered a loss, it’s normal to feel deeply sad, anxious, confused, and lonely. Even if you’re surrounded by people, it can seem like no one really understands what you’re going through.
Healing from Loss: Helpful Strategies for Coping With Heightened Anxiety
After losing a loved one, you expect to feel deeply sad. People often conceptualize grief as a pervasive sense of sorrow that affects every area of your life, sapping your energy and making it difficult to focus on anything except your loved one’s passing.
How to Identify Codependent Tendencies Before They Take Hold in Your Relationships
Maybe you’ve recently started dating someone new, and you’re excited about the relationship. Yet you’ve experienced codependency in past relationships, and you don’t want to fall into the same patterns this time around.
Exploring the Link Between Infertility and Depression
If you’re living with infertility, you know that this journey can feel exhausting, lonely, and unfair. You might be stepping away from social events because people in your life have been insensitive to the unique challenges you’re facing.
What is Radical Acceptance? The DBT Skill Explained
Learning how to practice acceptance in the midst of troubling times is a key skill. Radical acceptance is a cornerstone of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Here’s how you can start implementing these helpful principles in your daily life.
Illness Anxiety Disorder: Recognizing Symptoms and Seeking Help
If you struggle with anxiety, you might be prone to catastrophizing. Thinking about possible negative outcomes for any situation makes you feel like you’re prepared for anything.
Overcoming the Weight of Failure: Strategies for Coping with Feelings of Underachievement
It may seem like everyone else in your life has succeeded in reaching their own goals. No one really understands what you’re going through. You might even be avoiding opening up to others because you’re embarrassed about your failures. But failure can be a learning opportunity. Plus, you may be surprised by how much you’ve already accomplished. Here’s how to cope with uncomfortable feelings around failure and underachievement.
Understanding the Role of Distress Tolerance in DBT
Everyone faces uncomfortable situations in life. That’s why learning to let go of anxiety and maintain a grounded perspective in the midst of frustrating circumstances is such a valuable ability.
How to Build Adaptive Stress Responses to Help Anxiety
Developing adaptive stress responses will strengthen your emotional resilience and help you navigate difficult situations without feeling anxious. Here’s how to gradually change your response to stress so that you can let go of your anxiety.
Living in Uncertainty: Navigating Anxiety from the Roe v. Wade Decision
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade represented an unprecedented rollback for women’s rights in modern American politics.
Understanding the Mental Health Impact of Infertility
If you’ve been struggling with infertility, you might be frustrated with the physical and emotional aspects of this difficult path.
From Fear to Fuel: Transforming Anxiety into Motivation
Anxiety, often viewed as a hindrance, can be a powerful catalyst for personal growth and achievement. By reframing your perspective, you can harness the energy of anxious thoughts and transform them into motivation.
Setting Boundaries: How Saying ‘No’ Can Boost Your Self-Esteem
We live in a world where we’re often pulled in what feels like a million different directions. As these areas become a consistent source of stress, it might be time to establish some boundaries. Boundaries offer you a personal set of guidelines and limitations that you can use to improve your quality of life.
Anxiety and Social Media: Are They Related?
Relying on social media can be detrimental to anxiety.
ADHD and Relationship Issues
Pregnancy and Infant Loss: My Relationship Is Struggling
Going through pregnancy or experiencing the loss of a child are two very different things, but they’re also two of the most emotionally-trying things you can go through in your relationship. Whether you’re expecting and your relationship is struggling, or it seems that you and your partner are completely disconnected after the loss of your infant, it’s important to know that your relationship isn’t doomed.