Emotional Wellness, Medication
We work with people who are sometimes at their most vulnerable. To be able to be a part of that time in their life is pretty incredible and a privilege I ...
Emotional Wellness, Medication
Meet the Med Providers: David Brandsrud, APRN, CNP, PMHNP
What drives me is that bond, that trust. David Brandsrud, APRN, CNP, PMHNP Sonder’s growing! And, in the process, we’ve welcomed some exceptional new medication providers to our team. To ...
Emotional Wellness, Medication
Meet the Med Providers: Patti Brown, APRN, CNS
I want people to leave their appointment feeling hopeful. Patti Brown, APRN, CNS Sonder’s growing! And, in the process, we’ve welcomed some exceptional new medication providers to our team. To ...
Modern Mindfulness: 8 Ways to Find Calm in the Chaos
Two years ago, we highlighted the value of switching off and stepping away from our devices in the name of emotional wellness. Inspired by the National Day of Unplugging movement, it ...
Depression, Fall, Seasonal, Winter
Seasonal Depression? Borrow These Tips from Summer
It’s that time again… The days are growing cooler. The leaves are falling. The pumpkin-spice-everything is all around. But you just feel blah. While many of us recognize the mild ...
Emotional Wellness, Habits & Goals
3 Easy Ways to Practice Generosity
Give thought to giving. Give small things, carefully, and observe the mental processes going along with the act of releasing the little thing you liked. Huston Smith Generosity. It’s one ...
Perinatal and Postpartum Anxiety: What to Watch For
Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary — it’s an act of infinite optimism. Gilda Radner Motherhood. It’s hard ...
Emotional Wellness, Seasonal, Summer
3 (More) Emotional Wellness Myths
Some of the cuts are so small they’re barely visible. Others are huge and gaping, leaving scars that never heal. Either way, they accumulate. We carry them everywhere, to and ...
Compassionate Boundary-Setting
Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They’re compassionate because their boundaries keep them out ...
Holidays, Parenting, Relationships, Summer
Father or Not, This is Our Wish for You
This weekend marks the annual celebration of Father’s Day. For some of us, this offers a welcome opportunity to experience joy amid the grief we’ve been processing. For others, the public ...
Passing the Mic: 5 Emotional Wellness Leaders of Color
Health is a state of body. Wellness is a state of being. J. Stanford Grief is washing over our Cities, our country, and our world. With heavy hearts, we’re confronting ...
5 (Free) Physical Activity Resources for At-Home Movement
physical activity Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. Jim Rohn As some parts of our lives begin a gradual transition to normalcy whatever ...
Contentment: Turn What You Have Into Enough
No one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace… we have to give it away. Kristin Armstrong As we enter another week of #StayHomeMN, you might notice an antsy sort of ...
5 (Free) Arts Resources to Nurture Your Emotional Wellness from Home
resources Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. Twyla Tharp How’s it going over there? Feeling the Zoom fatigue? Craving some creative stimulation outside the walls ...
Anxiety in Disguise: 5 Signs that Might Surprise You
I was… mostly blorft. “Blorft” is an adjective I just made up that means ‘Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine…’ Tina Fey Chances are, over the past ...
Who Can Benefit from Teletherapy?
Connection: The energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgement; and when they derive sustenance and strength from ...
Parenting Under Stress: 5 Reminders to Help You Through
parenting under stress When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always ...
Coping with Coronavirus Stress: 5 Emotional Wellness Tips
coronavirus Stress comes from within; it is your reaction to circumstances, not the circumstances themselves. Brian Tracy Between the virus itself and the unique challenges and difficult decisions it presents, ...
Want to Improve Your Sleep? 10 Factors to Consider
improve your sleep For the body, first—sleep, and enough of it, is the prime necessity. Edward Everett Hale With Daylight Saving Time, Friday the 13th, and a full moon all ...
5 Ways Sleep Benefits Your Emotional Wellness
sleep benefits Sleep is the best meditation. Dalai Lama You might say sleep is kind of like… broccoli. We know it’s good for us. We’re just not sure exactly why. ...
5 Sleep Myths That Are Robbing You of Rest
sleep myth Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. Thomas Dekker Sleep. It’s one area of wellness that simply isn’t given the respect it deserves. ...
5 Easy Ways to Share the Love
share the love Love is a behavior. Jill A. Murray Valentine’s Day is this week. Whether you’re a big fan or no fan at all, this much is true: Opportunities ...
Struggling to Get Your Needs Met? Try Nonviolent Communication
nonviolent communication Our attention is focused on classifying, analyzing, and determining levels of wrongness, rather than on what we and others need and are not getting. Marshall B. Rosenberg Communicating ...
Emotional Wellness, Habits & Goals
Struggling with Procrastination? Try This.
prepare for the holidays Clutter is the physical manifestation of unmade decisions fueled by procrastination. Christina Scalise Procrastination. Sooner or later, we all experience it. But for some of us, ...
5 Ways to Change Your Relationship with Stuff
stuff Minimalism isn’t about removing the things you love. It’s about removing the things that distract you from the things you love. Joshua Becker It’s all around us. (Especially after ...
Habits & Goals, Mindfulness, Seasonal, Winter
Mindful Goal-Setting
mindful goal-setting The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals. Melody Beattie As ...
5 Ways to Deepen Your Relationships This Season
deepen your relationships A deep connection starts with interest, open-mindedness, and paying attention… April Mae Monterrosa Not all relationships are created equal. Even our most important relationships can vary widely: ...
Fall, Gratitude, Holidays, Mindfulness, Seasonal
How To Practice Gratitude When You’re Not Feeling Grateful
gratitude Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie As we look around this week, the signs of Thanksgiving are ...
Emotional Wellness, Gratitude, Habits & Goals, Mindfulness
Perfectionism 101: 4 Creative Alternatives to Being “Perfect”
Last week, we shared some common signs of perfectionism. Maybe they got you wondering about your own relationship with “perfect”. Or about a friend or family member. But where do ...
Perfectionism 101: 3 Perfectionism Myths
It’s not something you’re trying to do. Most of the time you’re not even aware of it. In fact, like the many others who struggle with perfectionism, it feels like ...
100 Weeks of the Sonder Blog: Our Top 5 Posts
You’ve read them each week. You’ve shared them with your friends and family. You’ve sent us your reactions. …and we’ve been listening! In celebration of 100 weeks of content on ...
Mindset: Why Yours Matters
The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows ...
Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness, Stress Management
5 (More) Self Care Apps to Improve Your Emotional Wellness
Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with ...
5 Ways to Help Kids Navigate Cell Phone Use
Kids and cell phone use. From mildly annoying to bordering on addiction… Their interactions with these devices give us plenty to wonder (and stress) about. Let’s look at how you ...
5 Fast Facts About Anxiety
When you’re feeling anxious, remember that you’re still you. You are not your anxiety. Deanne Repich It’s one of the most common of all emotional wellness issues. It’s in the ...
8 Ways to Boost Emotional Wellness Outdoors
{ 8 Ways to Boost Emotional Wellness Outdoors } In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir Life can feel pretty complicated these days. ...
10 Emotional Wellness Tips for Graduating Seniors
We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: We have the power to imagine better. J. K. Rowling It’s ...
Summer Break: 9 Tips for Transitioning with Ease
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was ...
Video Games: Separating Fact from Myth
Most people think video games are all about a child staring at a TV with a joystick in his hands. I don’t. They should belong to the entire family. Shigeru ...
Brené Brown: 5 Emotional Wellness Lessons from Her New Netflix Special
Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. Brené Brown If you’ve visited a bookstore at any point over the last decade, chances are good ...
How to Tell Someone You’re in Therapy
This post was inspired by a request from a reader! If there’s a particular topic or question you’d like us to cover on the blog, we’d love to hear from ...
Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness, Stress Management
There’s an (Emotional Wellness) App for That
New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It’s all about how people choose to use it. David Wong Technology is becoming so seamlessly integrated into our ...
Parenting Adult Children: 5 Signs of a Healthy Relationship
A child needs to internalize a model of someone who has a life of her own. The parent whose life is centered around her children is influencing them to think ...
Boundaries in Parenting
Children raised with good boundaries learn that they are not only responsible for their lives, but also free to live their lives any way they choose, as long as they ...
Boundaries: Understanding this Emotional Wellness Buzzword
Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others. Brené Brown It’s one of those terms that gets a lot of ...
TMS: The Promising Depression Treatment You’ve Never Heard Of
Flexibility requires an open mind and a welcoming of new alternatives. Deborah Day Are you (or is someone you care about) struggling with severe depression that hasn’t improved, no matter ...
Understanding Depression Symptoms
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is ...
How “Tidying Up” Can Improve Your Emotional Wellness
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. And if you no longer need them, then that is ...
Gratitude, Habits & Goals, Mindfulness
5 Emotional Wellness Habits to Adopt Today
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. John C. Maxwell This is the time ...
Healthy Boundaries, Holidays, Seasonal, Winter
10 (More) Ways to Say No (with Kindness)
When you say “Yes” to others, make sure you are not saying “No” to yourself. Paulo Coehlo When it comes time to say No to someone or something, many of ...