You have to take care of the soil if you want to see the benefit of any surface level strategies.

We were assigned to do some mindful photography this week. Here are my takeaways.

Daily hassles are the small obnoxious things that can add up. Daily hassles can be dangerous because we often don’t notice them till it’s too late, however, there are things we can do about them…

Dealing with unmet expectations can take an emotional toll. However, sometimes the unexpected is exactly what we need.

Good things are a necessary part of stress management. However, constant exposure with no breaks- even when the things are good- can still lead to burnout…

Why a great therapist is like having a great rock-climbing partner.

As someone who is well acquainted with stress, I haven’t understood it very well.

Turns out, stress is a hard construct to measure and fully explain.

Research shows that positive affect can co-occur with distress.

This means, some of our hardest experiences can also be filled with incredible amounts of meaning.

As someone who is recovering from burnout, I’ve had to admit that I’m terrible at effort management.

Why your hobbies matter

Burnout and grief suck…

I’ve been on a pretty good upswing for a while, but last week those emotions hit me again. I’m not even 100% sure what triggered them…

All I know is I woke up exhausted and that is the symptom that alerts me to a burnout relapse.

As one of my wise classmates once said, “our focus should be on the human being, not the human doing.”

“I found early on that one of the other biggest detriments to my learning was believing I was smart.”

The best thing about our business was the culture we had created.

“From day one, I was very intentional about what it would be like to work for us, and I knew I didn’t want the work itself to dictate our atmosphere.”

6 things I took away from my first semester of Grad School.

What does it mean to be human?