Resources to Support You,
Wherever You Are
Insights, tools, and reflections from our therapists to help you navigate life with greater clarity and care.
Can Gratitude Tame Your Inner Critic?
Is your inner critic running your life? You know the voice—the one forged in every criticism you have ever heard and loves to pop up anytime you face a difficult situation.
The inner critic is ruthless.
Imagine this scenario: you wake up and check your email and the first one you read is from a coworker. The email is poorly toned and critical of your work. The inner critic sees its opportunity and pounces. You are a failure, it says. The world is untrustworthy and people are bad, it says (the inner critic loves to make generalizations). The rest of your day is stuck in a vicious feedback loop of negativity.
We all have that awful voice and left unchecked it can be the loudest thing we hear.
Developing powerful tools, such as a practice of gratitude, can help you control your inner critic so that it doesn’t control you, your day, or your relationships.
Five Steps to Solve a Problem
Have you ever felt like you couldn’t solve a problem? Did you hope it would disappear if you ignored it?
I have, and problems don’t disappear. They lurk under the surface.
I woke up from anesthesia after a routine procedure last year and kept repeating that I had 500 problems. I did not. But burying my troubles made it feel like 500. I had to face what was bothering me head-on and improve my problem-solving skills.
You can too.
Practice Wellness for a Better You in This New Year
Are you making wellness a priority in the new year but don’t know where to start? Below is a list of practices to fill your wellness tool kit and build resiliency this year.
But first, let’s talk about what it means to be well and how you can achieve it.