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By Dr. Leslie Carr I love the Internet. I love the freedom and the power it gives me as a business owner. I can share my ideas with the world by blogging. I can see my clients on Skype when I travel. I’ve created business partnerships with Twitter DMs. No joke.  But you know what […]

By Emily Roberts, MA, LPC It is hard to feel motivated sometimes but you can feel motivated and confident with this dialectical behavior therapy skill, or DBT skill. Confidence can take a hit when we are feeling unmotivated and uninspired, leading to a bleak view about ourselves and the world we live in. Building mastery is a DBT

Joshua Resnick/Dollar Photo Club By Ronna Kabatznick  Eating is such a significant part of our daily lives, yet it’s so easy to disconnect from it. In one moment, our plates are full, and in the next, completely empty. What happened? We hardly tasted or consciously enjoyed even one bite. We can change this mechanical way of

By Stephenie Zamora Not because I don’t think it will be (because, okay, it will be). But because that’s not helpful to you where you’re standing right now. That’s a thing we say to each other when we can’t find any other words. It will be fine. It will be okay. Everything will work out. These

By Kulraj Singh “With confidence, you have won before you have started.” ~Marcus Garvey It’s not a great feeling. Whether it’s meeting new people, speaking in front of a crowd, or learning a new skill, that inner knowing that you just aren’t feeling strong enough to competently complete the task ahead festers inside you. I’ve had

By Kate White Sometimes the worst stress comes from the things that are all too terribly familiar. There are times that anxiety can make even daily tasks seem insurmountable, even though I’ve done them countless times before. I know it’s something I can do, it’s just that in that moment it’s implausible, nigh on impossible I could do it again. What

“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present momentI know this is the only moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh I was reading a post about anxiety on another blog recently, and it made me think about this short breathing meditation exercise for anxiety. The reason I thought about the meditation

By Dr. Lara Fielding You know how it goes when you get triggered. Something happens, and before you know it, you are hooked! Pulled into an auto-pilot repertoire of thinking and behaving, which inevitably leads to a less than ideal outcome. These traps are extraordinarily difficult for us to catch in flight precisely because they