Resources & Articles
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You’re Not Meant to Do This Alone: The Power of Community for Emotional Health
Over the last few months, I’ve written about tools that we can use to help ourselves feel more emotionally regulated, particularly in a polarizing social-political climate. We’ve explored why we react with big emotions, ways to calm down and self-regulate when activated, and how to listen to others when it’s outside of our comfort…
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Post-Graduation Slump: Why You Feel Lost After Graduation (And How To Reorient)
You turned in your last papers, donned your cap and gown, then crossed that stage to receive your diploma. You did it! You graduated. But after the graduation parties are over and the last of congratulatory cards from relatives arrive, something inside feels uneasy. Everyone told you that this was the beginning of the…
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How to Calm Down When You’re Activated: Emotional Regulation Tools That Actually Work
A few weeks ago I wrote about why we react the way we do when we are triggered and briefly explained how we can move out our window of tolerance into hyperarousal or hypo-arousal when we are activated. Today we’re getting practical, because understanding why we get activated is only half the equation. The…
