Emotional Eating: What’s “Normal”?
Emotional eating. You’ve heard the term, but what does it actually mean? Definitions vary widely, but most of them focus on the concept of emotional overeating (i.e., the practice of consuming large ...
Sadness vs. Depression: What’s the Difference?
Sad hurts, but it’s a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different. J.K. Rowling Ask just about anyone what depression means to them, and ...
5 Myths about Emotions
Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change. Gretchen Rubin Ah, emotions. ...
Healthy Risk-Taking: 10 Simple Ways to Practice Vulnerability
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness. Brené Brown A common myth about emotional wellness is that asking for ...
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 ...
Emotions 101: Improving Your Emotional Vocabulary
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost We’ve covered a lot of territory in our series on Emotions! We’ve: Separated ...
Emotions 101: Sharpening Your Emotional Intelligence
need to be comfortable talking about feelings. This is part of teaching emotional literacy – a set of skills we can all develop, including the ability to read, understand, ...
Creativity: Your Secret Emotional Wellness Weapon
Keep your eyes open. Listen. Follow your curiosity. Ideas are constantly trying to get your attention. Let them know you’re available. Elizabeth Gilbert Do you consider yourself a creative person? ...
Emotions, Gratitude, Self-Care
Laughter: It’s Not Medicine, But It Sure Can Heal
No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It’s very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open, completely themselves when that message hits ...
Emotions, Relationships, Therapy
How to Help a Loved One: Empathy
Empathy is the hard part. The rest is mechanics. We’re not wired to walk in someone else’s shoes, it’s not our first instinct. Showing up with empathy is difficult, hard ...
3 Myths About Happiness (and What To Believe Instead)
Happiness. We all want it. But, so often, it eludes us. Why? Because most of us have no idea what actually creates happiness. Fortunately, the answers aren’t hiding behind a new gym ...
Handy Tool or False Alarm? When Anxiety Helps, and When It Hurts
We all experience it. Sometimes it’s fairly predictable, like the seasonal depression that arrives each year for many of us. Other times, it catches us completely off guard. We’re talking about ...
3 Myths About Emotional Wellness
Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind, and spirit— the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well-being. Greg ...