In this article, we’ll discuss the roots of time anxiety, the harms of hustle culture, and how reclaiming your time might be one of the most underrated acts of self-care.

As therapists, we know that the holidays aren’t a joyful time for everybody. For some, the holiday season might be the first one spent without a loved one. For others, the holidays bring back memories or feelings from a dysfunctional home in the past. These emotional flare ups of heaviness, sadness, and anxiety are holiday grief - your body’s signals of mourning for a lost loved one or a healthy childhood you didn’t have.

Many of us struggle with being our own worst critic. We have no problem feeling empathy, understanding, and sorrow for our friends, but when it comes to our own suffering, we tend to be cold and unsympathetic friends to ourselves. This is a deficit in self-compassion, or the ability to empathize with, understand, and comfort yourself. In this article, we’ll go over a few therapist-approved exercises to help you cultivate self-compassion.

Considering how much time we spend at work, it’s no surprise that workplace conditions can have a major impact on our mental health. In this article, we’ll go over three domains of common mental health concerns in the workplace and how you might address them. 

 In this uncertain environment, knowing about local food resources becomes even more important—so you’re reading this post at exactly the right time. Please read on to view a list of local food resources provided by Kensington Church and consider sharing to your networks. 

Whether you are in therapy or not, life’s challenges have cunning ways of finding our weak spots. When these problems arise, it’s helpful to have solid coping skills to lean upon. Building coping skills might be a goal of counseling, or maybe it’s something you’re working through on your own. Either way, it’s a great idea to build a coping skills ‘toolbox,’ whether metaphorical or literal, to help you through tough days.

Feeling uncertain about the world and your future is normal, and it can be scary. However, change and volatility are never going away, and fortunately, the ability to tolerate uncertainty can be strengthened just like any other skill.

Therapy is an excellent first-line response to mental health concerns; however, it’s not the only resource out there. Group therapy, peer groups, coaching, community resources, and many other activities and resources are excellent complements to therapy that can help you build a fulfilled, supported life.