Have you ever felt overworked, burned out, or just totally had a breakdown? In today’s culture of toxic productivity, it’s scary how common it is for us to treat burnout like it’s ok - but it’s not. Nowadays it’s “normal” to neglect our health and personal lives and to put work above everything else.

Think about it.

January is for investing in you and your dreams! My gift to you this entire month: I’m giving you 50% off my signature course, DIY Your Brand In A Weekend (normally $499, now just $249!) for the month of January. 🤩

DIY Your Brand is a course specifically for mental health professionals to help you build your business’ brand and style guide on a tight budget in as little as one weekend.

When the clock strikes midnight on Dec 31st, many of us are thinking about the changes we want to make in the new year. Since most of our waking hours are spent at work, it makes sense to be intentional about how to have the healthiest relationship with work going into 2022.

Holiday gatherings and events can trigger anxiety, loneliness, depression, or grief for many of us. If you know someone who isn't ok right now during what is supposed to be a time of celebration and joy for many, here are 5 ways you can be helpful (and not harmful).

Boundaries are important in all walks of life but boundaries for a remote worker are VITAL.⁠

It’s easy to fall into the habit of, “Just one more task today” or “Sure, let’s have a meeting this Saturday, my schedule is free” but that kind of thinking will put you on the fast track to frustration, and that remote life you thought sounded so great will turn into an endless hamster wheel of 24/7 work… which is NO BUENO.⁠

Suicide Prevention Week was last week 5-11 September. This is an opportunity for all of us to do our part to reduce mental health stigma by:

1. raising awareness about suicide, and

2. having mental health conversations openly and without shame.

Do you ever feel weird about your birthday?

Next week, I celebrate my last birthday in my thirties.

AKA my second covid birthday.

Otherwise known as, my 39th year of life.

Those of us who have celebrated a birthday since February or March of 2021 are going through our second covid birthday.

Last year, we told ourselves that we’d be able to celebrate as per normal in 2021.

The only problem is, the pandemic is still here, botching up everything and meaning that we’re putting off some of our plans and hopes for the second year in a row.

And this is leading to a strange sense of grief, perhaps grief that is buried beneath the surface, or sadness that rests on the tip of your tongue, difficult to fully understand or articulate.

I am super excited to be celebrating my birthday and 39 years of life with all of you thanks to Women’s Day including me in their “Celebrate your Age” feature in the Summer 2021 issue!

We live in a world where often we are conditioned to fear growing older. And honestly, even though I’m a psychologist and know it’s all BS, sometimes I still feel afraid.

Getting to be a part of this feature reminded me that life, in all it’s messiness and imperfection, is a gift and it’s meant to be celebrated NOW, not waiting for when things are perfectly aligned.

I am nerding out in total giddiness over what I am about to tell you next. You can find this magazine (with me in the table of contents as well as a 2-page feature!) this summer wherever magazines are sold. Including my favorite place, Target. Call my Mom and tell her I’ve made it!

Yesterday, in their interview with Oprah, Meghan & Harry opened up about Meghan’s suicidal thoughts and Harry’s grave concern for her well-being during the intense scrutiny she received as a Royal. It was deeply troubling to hear about how dark Meghan’s thoughts were, at one point saying she “just didn’t want to be alive anymore.” Even more troubling, is that Meghan asked for, and was denied, mental health support in her time of need.

I am a licensed psychologist, and my brother died by suicide 12 years ago.

For many of us, this week (or next) marks the one-year anniversary of going into lockdown.

We expected it to last a few weeks before we could go back to normal life.

Instead, our lives changed completely.

You’ve been doing your absolute best to keep it together, week after week.

But there’s only so much sustained stress a human can suffer through.

If you’ve been hitting a wall lately, it makes SO MUCH SENSE.

Global pandemics, social injustice, the climate crisis, and now, terrorists attacking The Capitol? I know it can feel like the world is getting worse and worse each day. Finding peace in chaos seems like a challenge we must face far too often.

When dystopian nightmares become today’s actual news, and you find yourself facing the unimaginable, how do you deal with all the bad in the world and even begin to manage your wellbeing?

How can you find peace in chaos, contempt, antagonism, and violence?

Finding peace may sound daunting right now because it is. It’s vital to remember that peace within yourself is still possible in tough times like these.

Here are some ways to help you protect your wellbeing when you feel like the world is crumbling.

Are you feeling the pressure to set big fancy goals this year, but you haven’t gotten around to it yet?

If that’s you, it’s totally ok.

While it may be customary to set goals, pick theme words and intentions, and go wild with productivity at the beginning of the year, 2020 taught us that sometimes, things don’t go according to plan.

Sometimes, it’s better to throw the plan out and just take things as they come.

I’m chuckling to myself as I write this,

Have you ever heard of someone who had a job that you thought would be awesome to have, but you had no idea how they got there? I had a great time sitting down with Christine Hong of The New School Podcast to share my journey of making the dreams of my youth a reality today. What do I want you to know about my journey? Honestly, there’s nothing magical about it (or me for that matter.). However, I did have to overcome a LOT of fears and insecurities that thankfully didn’t stop me from creating a life that I love.

Recently I sat down with my friend Eidit (pronounced Adeet) Choochage on her podcast Therapeutic Life Healing for Women to talk about Toxic Positivity. We explored the following questions:

1. How do you define toxic positivity and toxic positivity culture in general? Can you share an example of what it could sound like?

2. How can someone notice the signs that they are being negatively impacted by toxic positivity? And how can they respond to toxic positivity thereafter?

3. How can toxic positivity impact relationships and what are some ways to respond to it in the relationship?

How does working remotely really impact remote companies and their employees? I decided to do some investigating and boy - the research certainly didn’t disappoint! From improved employee health to boosts in savings, here are 3 ways companies with a remote workforce are seeing the payoff.

I’ve made SO many branding mistakes along my journey. But the good news is, this doesn’t have to be you! If you’re a therapist who wants to work on their branding but isn’t sure where to begin, I sat down with my good friend, Marie Fang of Private Practice Skills to discuss the 3 BIGGEST branding mistakes therapists make. (By the way, even though we had this conversation with therapists in mind, these tips could easily apply to anyone who has a small business.)

If your children are going back to school remotely and you’re feeling overwhelmed, or maybe it’s like Groundhog day everyday - you are definitely not alone! Here are my top 5 tips to survive back to school (remotely) for you and your family.

It’s not always easy trying to work from home, especially if you bring your relationship and your partner working right beside you into the mix! So here are 3 essential tips for helping you both to achieve healthy relationship habits and communication while working remotely together.