I’ve always envied the entrepreneurial type who goes searching for a product, can’t find it, and decides the most logical solution is to create it—oftentimes with no experience of expertise in the industry. Tara Simich is THAT type.
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Let’s be real: every person deserves a little extra self-care this holiday season. But most of us know a woman warrior who ought to be reminded to take allllll that love she gives others—and direct it inward.
Here are twelve female-founded gift ideas that will remind that inspirational woman in your life to pause and pamper herself.
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As a therapist and executive coach, motivation is a common topic that enters my virtual office. I can assure you that even your high-performing CEO, surgeon, and attorney struggle to develop their slide decks before the eleventh hour or get on their Pelotons. Brilliant and accomplished as they are, they can’t seem to figure out why they can’t just “get it done.”
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Energized by the hope of herd immunity and a return to normalcy, America appears to be cautiously emerging from the past year’s collective depression. And considering 2020’s mental health statistics, the cloud is lifting not a moment too soon. Last year, one in four people aged 18 to 24 seriously contemplated suicide (CDC); a Help.org survey showed one in three adults “knowing someone with an addiction;” more than one in three adults in the U.S. reported symptoms of anxiety and depression disorder – compared to one in ten when surveyed the previous year; and eight in ten adults described the pandemic as a “significant source of stress in [their lives]” (APA). And while heartbreaking, as a therapist and executive coach I believe the negative effects of lockdown restrictions offer a silver lining: advice for how we can improve our mental health and increase our resilience well beyond the remainder of the pandemic.
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Humans are linear thinkers—meaning we think that one action leads directly to the next and so on. But we forget that while we’re trying to progress, our subconscious patterning pulls us back and things from our past can slow us down, preventing us from moving forward at all. And it’s happening TO US for a reason—your past is asking to be healed. Today, host Sarah Anne sits down and chats with one of her best friends, health therapist Megan Bruneau, to discuss how our growth isn’t linear—and when we don’t give ourselves a sacred pause to resolve our past hurts, we end up in a cycle of swimming upstream without awareness that we’re even in the river. In this powerful episode, Megan shares why letting go of your past sets you free, and how to let go of the perfectionism that often drives us, along with the shame and guilt that holds us back from stepping into our greatest selves.
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I’ve been working with Melissa* for close to two years. Her initial email, with “Can u help me?” in the subject line, was spurred by a recent breakup – yet another relationship, I soon learned, that Melissa’s eating disorder had stolen from her.
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If you’re interested in an amusing anecdotal account of one therapist’s DMT trip to Hell, read on.
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Virtually no one is psychologically unaffected during this “unprecedented” time. Whether your discomfort is primarily related to health, financial security, or the general “fog” of uncertainty, our collective global sentiment falls somewhere between disorientation and panic. And because our usual sources of guidance and reassurance have been replaced with questions marks, here are a few tips for preserving mental health I’ve been sharing with my clients:
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When it comes to relationships, we all have individual deal-breakers. Rejecting specific quirks can vary from person to person, but psychotherapist Megan Bruneau helps us determine, more generally, when to leave a relationship or make it work.
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