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A 5-Step Method for Identifying Misplaced Emotions

August 1, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin 8 Comments

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I believe that ~60% of the emotions we feel on daily basis aren’t really what we think they are– and emerging research is beginning to support this claim. Often, these feelings are better classified as misplaced emotions. Misplaced emotions occur when a feeling or thought doesn’t match the situation at hand.  For example, “You’re not […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: anger, getting to know yourself, misplaced emotions, obsessive thoughts

5 Ways to Stop Emotional Eating, According to Experts

July 24, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Emotional eating and impulse control is an aspect of feeding ourselves that is almost solely psychological. It’s a broadly interpreted term that means many different things. Boredom eating qualifies as emotional eating, as does stress eating and eating when you’re sad or scared. “Emotional eating is basically just eating for any reason other than physical […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: getting to know yourself, mental exercises

Sarah Blondin’s “Honoring Life” Meditation is A Thing of Beauty

July 19, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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As we previously wrote in our guide to the Best Free Meditation Apps & Podcasts, we adore Sarah Blondin’s poetic, beautifully-written meditations, which the Vancouver-based writer and meditation teacher puts out for free on her Live Awake Podcast. Recently, we came across Blondin’s “Honoring Life” meditation, which strikes us as a perfect meditation for our […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: meditation

The ‘Psychic Sponge’ Effect: How To Be Less Sensitive To Other People’s Emotions

June 27, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

Empaths who are highly sensitive to other people’s emotions are often exhausted by the so-called “psychic sponge” effect.  When you’re a very sympathetic person that’s acutely aware of other people’s emotions and “vibes”, moreover, they call that being a “psychic sponge.” For people who identify with this level of heightened emotional awareness, navigating life can […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks, Life Coaching Tagged With: anxiety help, anxiety relief, boundaries, free therapy, therapy for anxiety

4 Mental Health Bath Recipes For Improving Wellbeing (& Why We All Need Hydrotherapy)

June 26, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Baths are an ancient healing practice in almost every culture around the world, from the hothouses of Scandanavia and banyas of Russia to mud baths in Ecuador, hot springs in New Zealand, and ancient Indigenous parajes of the American Southwest. The therapeutic use of water to soothe mental and physical ailments (also known as hydrotherapy), […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks, Life Coaching Tagged With: anxiety relief, free therapy, insomnia relief, self care, sleep hacks, stress relief, therapy for anxiety

4 Organizations Helping Women Take Control of Their Reproductive Rights

June 24, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

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Nearly 50 years after Roe V. Wade, legalized abortion remains one of the most divisive social issues in the United States. In the first five months of 2019, 15 states passed bans on various forms of abortion, despite protest and outcry from women’s advocacy groups and the larger medical community to stop the bans. Most […]

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: activism, charity, reproductive health

11 Helpful Tips for Optimizing Postpartum Nutrition, Recovery, and Healing

June 7, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

The postpartum period is one of life’s most truly challenging phases. Postpartum nutrition– aka nutrition during the first 40 days after delivering a baby– plays a huge role in how well new moms heal and prepare their bodies for this next critical phase of nurturing and developing along with their baby. Thus, it’s worth paying […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Cool Ideas Tagged With: books, gut health, pregnancy

What To Do After A Car Break-In in San Francisco

May 28, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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If you’ve landed on this post you’ve most likely just become the victim of a car break-in in San Francisco. My condolences. Scroll the list below to follow the steps for what you should do next. *** Unfortunately, car break-ins are not at all uncommon in SF; in fact, experiencing a “smash and grab” is […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Travel Well Tagged With: California

9 Common Themes in Scary Dreams, and What They Say About Mental Health

May 25, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Oneiromancy is the Ancient Greek art of using dreams to interpret the future– and since this early period in civilization, society has maintained a persistent and often controversial obsession with using dream interpretation for mental health. Humankind has a long history of collective fascination with dreams– from early religious ceremonies to psychological thought leaders like […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: pop culture, sleep, sleep hacks

5 Proven Strategies for Building a Resilient Mindset

May 18, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

Resilience– also known as psychological resilience— is understood as our ability to recover from setbacks and remain relatively unruffled by what life throws at us. It’s not really something you can measure so much as feel. We all have it, but like most aspects of mental fortitude, some of us are better at it than […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: anxiety help, free therapy, getting to know yourself, mental fitness

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