selfcare
The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.
Shattered
Today I bought a stack of tablets, ones I can make messy. I am completely obsessive with tablets that have carefully constructed tidy little categories, thought flows and charts. These I am going to make very messy, like this jumbled world inside me at the moment.
By Xena Grace 4 years ago in Psyche
Life Coaching
For many years I felt a nudge, a prompt to get into life coaching. It was something my soul wanted to do but my ego...not so much. I have lived one interesting and unusual life. I knew I had tons of experience to share. The lessons learned have been invaluable but I was never sure of how I could bring my insights out on to the world stage in an effective manner. I definitely have a talent for public speaking but if I'm honest sometimes the energy I feel before an engagement feels wobbly. Like a newborn giraffe. All too often I felt that the energy it took to push through and pull off the event simply wasn't worth the reward. As someone with a background of panic disorder and generalized anxiety I think it's important that I share my story for other coaches and speakers who may struggle with their mental health. One of the things that make the life coaching arena so hard to navigate is that one of our greatest tools to employ and shift our personal trajectory as well as that of our clients is the vibration we maintain. Life coaching requires a level of emotional dexterity if you're going to be successful and lead people into their best lives.
By Cozett Dunn4 years ago in Psyche
These Boots Were Made for Learning
I bought the boots. Yes, THOSE boots. The ones I saw on all of the impossibly thin, impossibly elegant women I passed on my way to work every day. THE fall boots of the Upper East Side. The boots of the woman I imagined I wanted to be. Glossy, yet understated. Subtle. Nothing like the supposedly “rich” ladies out in the suburbs, covered in logos and purchased at thirty percent off at an outlet store. No, these boots were refined, the kind of boots you wore on an autumn excursion to the family lake house.
By Stephanie Ruth4 years ago in Psyche
A Small Victory
I still wonder how anyone gets through their adolescence. I had heard statistics as a young man about the suicide rate among us, and also knew about all the dangers out there that would eventually claim many in my circle of friendships and family (death, jail, drugs, disappearance, etc.)
By Kendall Defoe 4 years ago in Psyche
Night Walker
I’d say it started in my preteens. I know how it came to be; in order to try to watch early morning cartoon and anime episodes, I would set an alarm. In the beginning, I’d set it half an hour to an hour out from the episode. This was to allow myself a few minutes each to coax myself from beneath the warm covers, use the restroom, sneak downstairs, and get settled.
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)4 years ago in Psyche
Healthy Coping Mechanisms
NOTE: Not all skills help everyone, but they are all worth trying. 1. Therapy Although this may seem obvious, I know of many people who don't believe that it is useful at all, not even just for themselves. It helps to get the emotions out for many people.
By Rene Peters4 years ago in Psyche
Stress, Anxiety, and Suicide
School has started for me this month (which means more stress and anxiety), and with current events continuing to enter our lives, whether we realize it or not, it seems that our reactions to the environment around us could take hold of our thoughts and emotions.
By Alejandro Melgar4 years ago in Psyche
How To Not Hate People.
I was on the bus yesterday, ready to murder the man standing next to me with his mask down by his chin. You’ve found yourself in something similar; consumed by anger at how stupid someone can be. You’ve followed rules your whole life and just can’t help but feel vitriol when you see someone breaking them, as though they are somehow above these rules.
By Conor Matthews4 years ago in Psyche
The Anti-Self Care Revolution
Self care seems to be the buzzword of all buzzwords at the moment. And, to be fair, it’s not a bad thing. In fact, it’s something that most, if not all, of us need - and probably a lot right now, after the world-upending last 18 months that has been beyond insane for a variety of reasons, the least of which is the Covid-19 pandemic, which I know most of want to see the backside of and never hear the word Covid again (or at least for a very, very long time). When I hear the words self care my immediate thought is: junk food and comfy clothes - more specifically chocolate cake, yoga pants and a baggy t-shirt. But I’ve come to realize that that’s a fantasy, cartoonish version. That’s not really self-care (though, I guess it can be, once in a blue moon - the cake that I mean. The yoga pants and oversized tee? Go to town. I won’t judge.). If nothing else, it’s probably a recipe for self-loathing after eating a giant piece of rich chocolate cake!
By Caitlin McColl4 years ago in Psyche
