Every night at bedtime, no matter how tired or cranky or drowsy I was that evening, when I turned my bedside lamp off and snuggled into bed, the flood lights in my brain turned on full brightness. I tried EVERYTHING and nothing worked. Until I tried this.

I hear over and over again that people want more balance in their life and just can’t seem to get it. Often times I hear that from the voice in my own head. Maybe we should mark this new decade with a new mindset and a format for successful goal setting to go with it.

To be distinguished from the state of being alone, loneliness refers to our perspective, feelings, and state of mind, and its prevalence is growing every day. Here's what you can do about it.

This is part three of four of the Super Simple Nutrition Series. Our in-house Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant, Emily, gives her the top three lifestyle recommendations you could be missing in your wellness journey.

Self-awareness is the conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives, and desires. It’s the foundation of self-improvement and personal growth and it requires the ability to determine how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don’t align with your values and beliefs. We dive deep to help you discover exactly how to be self-aware.

The first time I ever presented this concept that ‘what you see in another person is, in some way, also a reflection of you’ to my students in a college course on Positive Psychology, I got lots of blank stares and probably an equal amount of dirty looks. Rightfully so. This topic isn't for the faint of heart.

Are you a get up at 6 a.m. and go until 9 p.m. kind of person? Do you feel like you are “racing against the clock” nearly every day? Is your motto “rest is for the weary”? And when you do get “rest”, is it truly as restorative as it should be?

As women growing up in today’s world, we’ve commonly been taught to apologize for doing the very things we need to do to live our best life. It’s time we start to pay attention to those two words that mean so much, acknowledge the beliefs that both lead to and result from them, and commit to feeling less sorry for our actions and desires.

It’s that time of year that always reminds us to give thanks and express gratitude. Hopefully, Thanksgiving Day isn’t the only day of the year that you reflect on your blessings and share with friends and family. Ideally, it’s something you should be doing everyday! Ideally, it’s something you should be doing everyday!

One thing that I’ve found in journaling is that once I get writing about something that is on my mind, what ends up on paper are things I wouldn’t even admit to myself. But once I see it, I know it’s the truth.

On one end of the happiness spectrum is “trying to be happy” and on the other is “letting yourself be happy”. I’m sorry to say, but they are on opposite sides of the spectrum for a good reason. They cannot and will not coexist. For as long as you are trying to be happy, you are not letting yourself be genuinely happy.

Given how often and how long fear seems to grace our lives, some might expect it to slowly wither and eventually go away. But the fact is – it doesn’t. Fear never goes away. She takes vacations, she gets smaller, she morphs into different physical sensations, on occasion she lets me pretend she’s not there, but she never goes away completely.

I spent my whole life looking at the glass half empty. My happiness, relationships, and accomplishments were all evidence of my lack of confidence, gratitude, and enthusiasm. I found myself constantly thinking “why me?” and I felt that no matter how much work or energy I put into something, I was never yielding the results I wanted.

You can activate your stress response just by thinking about a situation. The body has a complex stress response protocol and does not differentiate between real and imagined threats. You may think you have no control over how you feel. But you do. Here's how!

I’ve been using the Bullet Journal for years. I now have a small collection on my bookshelf dating back to 2014 and I just keep refining my method. I feel as though I’ve finally got the perfect system to keep track of all things wellness - here's how I do it!