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Body Image Booster: Build Your Support System
Every Monday features a tip, activity, inspiring quote or some other tidbit that helps boost your body image, whether directly or indirectly — and hopefully kick-starts the week on a positive note!...
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10 Ways to Cultivate Joy Today & Every Day
This afternoon I interviewed an ADHD coach for a piece on Psych Central about chronic lateness. At the end of our conversation, she mentioned that today is the International Day of Happiness. I had no...
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Body Image Booster: Keep A Thought Log
Every Monday features a tip, activity, inspiring quote or some other tidbit that helps boost your body image, whether directly or indirectly — and hopefully kick-starts the week on a positive note!...
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Self-Care And Asking For What You Need
I talk a lot on Weightless about exploring and responding to our needs. This is a powerful way to cultivate self-compassion and a fulfilling life. But I know it can get tricky when our needs involve...
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Body Image And Self-Care: On Asking For Support
Last week I wrote about how we can ask for what we need. Because we can’t expect others to read our minds. And we can’t expect them to decipher our hints, jokes or passive-aggressive remarks. That’s...
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25 Statements for Speaking Kindly to Ourselves
I love this powerful post from Joyce on 50 loving sentiments to say to our partners, family members and friends. It inspired me to think of the statements we can say to ourselves. Because so many of...
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35 Lessons on Body Image, Well-Being And Life
Today is my 32nd birthday. Every year, for my b-day, I’ve been republishing a version of the below post. It’s become sort of a tradition around here. In it, I share what I’ve learned about body image,...
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Reflecting On the People In Your Life
Right now I’m reading the book The Power of No: Because On Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance and Happiness by James Altucher and Claudia Azula Altucher. I came across a line that struck me: “We...
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Creating A Safe Space for Others
Yesterday I talked about how we can create a safe space for ourselves, to listen to our needs, wants and wishes and to compassionately care for ourselves. Today, let’s talk about how we can do the...
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A Unique Way to Practice Gratitude
Gratitude is a self-compassionate practice, according to therapist Lea Seigen Shinraku, MFT, who I recently interviewed for a piece on authentic ways to practice gratitude. “Acknowledging and...
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Self-Care Sunday: Focusing on Your Relationships
One of the most important parts of self-care is cultivating connection. This includes cultivating a connection with ourselves and with others. When it comes to others, it’s important to surround...
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What We Want to Remember
I recently discovered a new-to-me blog by Karina Bania. This post in particular struck me. In it Bania wonders what she’ll remember about today: “Will it be the eight am beach-combing and ocean swim?...
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Your Unmet Needs May Be Hiding; Find Them Here
This week I wrote an article about what to do if you’re falling for your therapist. In short, you share this with your therapist (as awkward as it is). That’s because your feelings for your therapist...
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Finding Lessons in Trials, Triumphs and Everyday Life
One of the things that helps us avoid bashing ourselves and getting bogged down by life’s challenges is to have a learning mindset. To look at everything (or at least most things) as a lesson to be...
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Different Ways to Listen to Ourselves
This week on “Make a Mess,” my creativity blog, I wrote about looking outside myself for answers. I assumed that other people knew better what I needed and wanted. And I assumed that those people also...
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Self-Care Sunday Links 9.27.15
On some Sundays I share links to pieces from around the web, along with posts I’ve written for Psych Central. This month’s links include everything from practicing self-compassion to being assertive...
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Simple, Clear-Cut Ways to View Boundaries — Especially for People-Pleasers
Boundaries can seem like a big (and intimidating) word, especially to people who haven’t set many limits throughout their lives. If you’re a people-pleaser, you know what I mean. However, the good...
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What to Do When Your Family Comments on Your Weight
Recently, a reader, Jen, left an excellent question on my post about what to do when you gain weight. She wrote: “Also, I was wondering if you could write on the topic of family members commenting on...
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Setting Boundaries When Loved Ones Comment on Your Weight
What do you do when someone close to you comments on your weight? Makes a snarky remark about your looks? Makes a joke about your recent weight gain? When this happens, you might be shocked, startled...
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A Few Questions that Might Transform Your Self-Care
You might put yourself last on your list. Work. Housework. Bills. Kids. Spouse. It’s as though everyone and everything deserve care and tending except for you. Or you skimp on sleep regularly and...
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