Welcome back to....The Reset Room Last week, I challenged you to identify one thing that had been weighing on you and ask yourself a simple question: "Is this inside my Circle of Control?" I also set a personal challenge for myself on a stressful thing that was in my control—to work shorter time on Sunday afternoons and I'm happy to report... I made it! 🎉 I actually was finished about 3:15 (3:30 goal). More importantly, many of you replied with your own goals and the things you were working...
1 day ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the latest edition of The Reset Room, where you will receive tips, strategies and insights about all things mental health with a focus on ways to do a reset on some of the things in your life that may be leading to distress. 🧠 Today's Topic: What Your Dreams and Wants Reveal About Your Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) The last few weeks we have been analyzing our Automatic Negaive Thoughts (our ANTs) and how they may be holding us back. This week, something happened in my therapy...
15 days ago • 4 min read
👋 Welcome back to The Reset Room, where you will receive tips, strategies and insights about all things mental health with a focus on ways to do a reset on some of the things in your life that may be leading to distress. Last week we talked about ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts) with a focus on Black-and-White Thinking—the tendency to see things as all good or all bad, success or failure, right or wrong. This week, let's look at another common ANT or thinking trap that often travels...
22 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the 33rd edition of The Reset Room, where you will receive tips, strategies and insights about all things mental health with a focus on ways to do a reset on some of the things in your life that may be leading to distress. 🏀 When One Moment Becomes the Whole Story Last week, we talked about Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) and how our brains can jump to conclusions based on assumptions, past experiences, or old wounds. This week, I'd like to introduce another common thinking...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the 32nd edition of The Reset Room, where you will receive tips, strategies and insights about all things mental health with a focus on ways to do a reset on some of the things in your life that may be leading to distress. 🙌🏻Last week, I shared a personal story about a moment when I found myself feeling frustrated about something my husband did. Almost instantly, my brain supplied a meaning: "You didn't notice how efficient I was." "You didn't notice all the things I accomplished."...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
🌿 Welcome Back to The Reset Room Last week, we talked about how quickly our reactions can take over—and how hard it can be to slow things down in the moment. This week… I’m doing something a little different. Because instead of just teaching this concept— 👉 I want to show you a real moment from my own life. 🌟 A Real Moment (Watch This First) This week’s reset comes from something that happened in my own relationship. A moment where I got triggered…reacted quickly…and then had to step back and...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
🌿 Welcome Back to The Reset Room — Episode #30Final Week of Mental Health Awareness Month If you are new here...Welcome!! The Reset is a place for us to look within and see areas we can move through life with more ease and peace. I cannot believe this is already episode #30. 🎉 This month, we’ve talked about things many people don’t usually say out loud…Pretending you’re okay.Feeling alone.Navigating stress that doesn’t “look” like it should require help. And as we close out Mental Health...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
🌿 Welcome Back to The Reset Room If you are new to the Reset Room.. Welcome!!! May is Mental Health Awareness month so we have been talking more this month on things in line with this topic. Last week, we talked about something a lot of people don’t say out loud— 👉 pretending to be okay… when you’re not. And how we always are sitting at some point on that scale from a 1 to a 10… with 1 being calm and regulated and 10 being stressed to the max. 👉 we’ve all been at many points on this scale...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
🌿 Welcome Back to The Reset Room As stated last week—May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Today I want to talk more about the stigma associated with "getting help" or "going to therapy". So many people think that counseling is reserved for people that are so mentally unstable they are unable to work or function in life and everyone around them already knows it too. However, it could not be further from the truth. Everyone has heartache.... Everyone will feel "off", anxious and depressed.......
2 months ago • 3 min read