With traveling, family gatherings, dinner buffets, sweets, and your grandma’s famous pecan pie, you may be worried that you’re not making the most mindful eating choices. Make sure you allow yourself to enjoy yourself, but we also have simple tips to help you make healthy choices this holiday season.
Control Is An Illusion By Janice Perkins, GC4W Thought-Leadership Contributor Control is an illusion. How do we satiate our need for control in a prolonged crisis? We have a basic human need for stability, predictability, certainty, and consistency. Looking back over the last two years, all four of those things have been removed from most of our daily lives due…
Your Power Day & Getting the Most Out of Your Week By Francesca Vuillemin, GC4W Thought-Leadership Contributor In astrology each day is ruled by a different planet which then brings a certain theme, energy and feel. Knowing which day is ‘Your Power Day’ will be a GAME CHANGING experience in planning out your schedule so that you can make the…
By Staff Guide These Podcasts Create Community AroundMental Health Awareness We discover solidarity in telling our stories. These podcasts offer listeners a safe space to learn about anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. They also deconstruct stereotypes and stigmas, gifting listeners practical tips for finding balance and healing. The list below, while not comprehensive, highlights some of our very…
By Carolyn Rivkees Last year, my therapy sessions began to feel like an ongoing carousel ride: every conversation circled the same few topics without arriving anywhere new. No matter the angle we started from, or how much self-awareness I brought to the discussion, my struggles with self-criticism stayed stagnant. I decided to bring my problems to a local life coach,…
By Emily Torres Email Anxiety Is Emotional. Here Are Ways To Manage It Successfully How many emails are you sitting on right now? Are they waiting patiently and sweetly in your inbox for your next thoughtfully scheduled check-in? Or, are they calling your name—reminding you what you haven’t yet done today? My emails tend to “call my name and remind…
By Kelly Greenwood and Julia Anas When we published our research on workplace mental health in October 2019, we never could have predicted how much our lives would soon be upended by the Covid-19 pandemic. Then the murders of George Floyd and other Black Americans by the police; the rise in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs); wildfires; political unrest;…
As the weather gets colder, many people are getting sick. You might be worried about when you’re the next person to wake up with a sore throat or stuffy nose. On top of all that, it is midterm season and we’re still in the middle of a pandemic. Whether you’re looking for some way to keep your heart rate up…
By Emily Torres Writing in my journal is not the glamorous habit I make it out to be in my mind. I envision luxe hard-bound volumes full of pristine, poetic calligraphy written by candlelight before dawn. Reality finds me sitting sleepily in a robe, writing nonsense into spiral-bound notebooks until my coffee kicks in. My initial plan for a consistent…
It’s always good to consider the ways that we need to improve. But there’s a difference between self-reflection and negative self-talk. Here’s how you can turn down the volume on your inner critic and hop on board the self-love train.
