Holidays

Building Confidence After a Breakup: Rediscovering Yourself

Breakups can feel like an unraveling, especially during the holiday season—a time traditionally centered on togetherness and joy. Mid-December often marks a peak in breakups, earning December 11th the nickname “International Breakup Day.” Whether the stress of the season or unresolved issues play a role, the end of a relationship can leave you questioning your identity and self-worth. However, this period also holds the promise of renewal—a chance to rebuild confidence, rediscover yourself, and embrace personal growth. Allow Yourself to Grieve Healing starts by acknowledging your emotions. Grief isn’t linear, and you may find yourself [...]

Creativity Unwrapped: Finding Your Flow This Holiday Season

When life feels overwhelming, finding small ways to escape can provide much-needed relief. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, or trauma, creativity and personal interests are powerful tools for self-care and healing. Creativity doesn’t have to mean traditional hobbies like painting or playing music. It can include simple pleasures—watching a favorite TV show, experimenting in the kitchen, or journaling thoughts you’ve been carrying for too long. Creative Healing Engaging in activities you enjoy isn’t just a distraction—it’s a way to reset your mind and body. Creative and leisure activities activate the brain’s reward system, releasing dopamine [...]

Resolve to Celebrate This New Year

New Years is generally a time for reflection and goal setting. I generally find these things all well and good, however, New Year's Resolutions don’t always have the best reputation. I believe that the last statistic I saw said that only around 8% of resolutions made are met, and that’s pretty bleak.  While these resolutions are rarely achieved they are often used as a means of shaming ourselves into doing better. Too often we wait until the end of the current year to take an inventory of all our shortcomings and vow to do better [...]

Holiday Expectations

The holidays can be chock full of joy, and also full of expectations. These can range from our expectations for ourselves, others, the season, you name it. Unfortunately, most of these expectations fall into the unreasonable category.  Maybe you are someone who is used to having unreasonable or “high expectations,” as you may prefer to refer to them. To you, the idea of making expectations more realistic might sound like you are being asked to lower your expectations. I would also bet that this translates to the idea that you “should” have low expectations, which [...]

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