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.