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5 Strategies for Building a Resilient Mindset

January 29, 2021 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

4 Mental Health Bath Recipes (aka Hydrotherapy!) To Improve Wellbeing

January 26, 2021 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 hot houses 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 […]

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

Beautiful Life Lesson: Thom Yorke, Rothko, and How We Interpret Joy

January 1, 2021 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Sometime in the year 2000, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke sat for an interview on Dutch television about the making of Radiohead’s Kid A and the rough time he had separating his personal life from the world of celebrity after the monumental success of 1997’s Ok Computer. In this interview, Yorke relayed an anecdote that has […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: art, getting to know yourself, music

A Prayer For When You’ve Hit Rock Bottom

December 24, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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So– you’ve hit rock bottom, you’re feeling scared and lonely, and this is what you consider to be your lowest point. Maybe you’re sick, maybe you’ve experienced massive loss, maybe your worst fear or greatest terror in life has been realized: now what?  Even if you’re not religious, you can still use mindful self-talk– which […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: anxiety help, depression, getting to know yourself, self care, self love

A Quick Breakdown of Byron Katie’s “The Work”, & How To Practice At Home

November 10, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Byron Katie is a best-selling author and thought leader famous for her methodology of working with difficult emotions, which she calls “The Work”. She is most famous for this practice, which helps folks who are struggling or seeking greater mental wellbeing identify the root of what is bothering them.  In a climate where many people […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: getting to know yourself, misplaced emotions, video

Why We Grieve People We’ve Never Met

October 27, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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The death of a beloved celebrity or public figure often brings with it intimate outpourings of grief— often from people who never met the departed. This begs interesting questions about the psychological impact of idol worship, public figures and relationships writ large, as well as our personal sense of wellbeing in the world.  In the […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: depression, getting to know yourself, grief

Why Your Partner Shouldn’t Be Your Therapist

September 29, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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After one of our posts went viral on Instagram, we figured it was best to expound on the thread that Sandra from Twitter, below, so thoughtfully started. Why is it, exactly, that your partner shouldn’t be your therapist? The idea here is tempting. You can save money on therapy, allow yourself to be vulnerable and […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: anxiety help, free therapy, therapy, therapy for anxiety

The Art of Listening Better in 3 Easy Mantras

September 17, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

If you follow me on Instagram you know that I’ve been on this kick recently of really trying to be a better listener. What follows is a parable that sums up why. A few weeks ago, I heard a conversation between critically-acclaimed psychologist Harriet Lerner and shame researcher Brené Brown that piqued my interest with […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: getting to know yourself

12 Things That Are Better Predictors of Happiness Than Money, “Success”, or Accolades

September 10, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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If happiness is all that matters at the end of the day, then why obsess over money & success when everything you need to be happy is already within your control? This is the premise of what I call the “Dirty Dozen” of Happiness: 12 key attributes, circumstances, and personal qualities that are better predictors […]

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: depression, free therapy, self esteem, stress relief

Understanding Black Stress: Read Fast Company’s Sobering Article

September 1, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Fast Company recently published a short, powerful article on the gap of black stress that’s worth reading– especially if you want to be a better mental health ally. “We’re in a terrible position because we don’t control what is necessary to change the circumstances that will alleviate our own stress,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Life Coaching Tagged With: advocacy, stress

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