selfcare

The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.

Learning How to Cope Without Alcohol
I sat down at the kitchen counter with my freshly made iced coffee, pen in hand, and began to journal. It’s been a tough week. Feelings-wise.
By Taylor Moran Writes4 years ago in Psyche
R(H)eal
What makes the real me ? At this point, it is a daily question, really. ... People say your twenties are made to discover yourself, unveil the "real" you. But if something has to be revealed, doesn't it mean that it is already there, somehow, somewhere ?
By Ada O. Rose4 years ago in Psyche
Why You Should Tell Your Reflection 'I Love You'
Each morning, I try my best to maintain some sort of routine. I make my bed, brush my teeth, and follow through with a moderately elaborate skincare routine. I make my way to my magnifying mirror where I proceed to douse my skin in rose water, tweeze my eyebrows, and stare at any and all imperfections I can find.
By Susie Pinon4 years ago in Psyche
Finding my reason to write
Hi stranger, I'm getting out of my comfort zone. Would you like to take a ride with me? Don't worry, I'll be the one to feel everything, you'll just be my emotional support. I believe that if you found me, there was a reason for it. Let's just have a nice chat and I'll tell you about who I am and find, along the way, the answers to those questions myself.
By Margo Waterfall4 years ago in Psyche
Self-Help EMDR Makes Healing From Trauma Easier
I entered the training for EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with extreme skepticism, thinking it was the gimmickiest therapy technique ever proposed on a gullible public. Waving fingers in front of a client’s eyes as they strained to follow the back-and-forth movements and suggesting this was going to create almost immediate change seemed more in the realm of magical thinking.
By David Busch4 years ago in Psyche
Being an Introvert During a Pandemic
Anyone who knows me would definitely agree that an introvert is an accurate description of me. It always has been. Somewhere in the family albums, there’s a picture of a huge family function with twelve-year-old me sat at a table reading Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows with headphones on - perfectly content with quietly reading alongside Stephen Fry’s narration by myself. That initially came to mind when I thought of the Remarkably Me Challenge… initially.
By Ted Ryan4 years ago in Psyche
Self Abandonment
One of the biggest breakthroughs I had in my journey of healing was about understanding what self abandonment is and how it happens.
By Kate Strong4 years ago in Psyche
How My Sobriety Sparked a Larger Evolution
Most days sobriety feels like the greatest gift I’ve ever given myself. It feels like freedom, strength, pride, clarity. It feels like a renewed sense of purpose — of life. Most days it feels like solid ground; a constant I can count on.
By Taylor Moran Writes4 years ago in Psyche
We Only Hurt Because We Feel Hurt
I have this strange friend. I call him Rabbit because he has big ears and laughs all the time, like Bugs Bunny. Apart from being a special specimen, Rabbit is very skilled in technical matters, especially in computer programming. But — he sucks at being accountable. No one’s perfect.
By Rabih4 years ago in Psyche
Stressed? Here are a few things to improve your quality of life.
Life is filled with trial, error, failure, stressors, ups and downs. That’s normal, and most of us have ways in which we cope with these day to day stressors. There are, however, still a lot of stressors in our lives that we choose to allow or accept, some of which are out of our hands, while others could absolutely be eliminated. A lot of minor things add up, leading to overall stress and anxiety, which is sometimes very hard to pinpoint. The reason why it is hard to pinpoint is because it’s more than just one thing.
By Sarah Graham4 years ago in Psyche
Why Crying it Out is the Best Medicine.
About halfway through my twenty-minute silent sit on the park bench this morning, I registered the voices of a man and a child. Since my eyes were closed and I was “supposed” to be meditating, I assumed they were playing in the playground. Suddenly, instead of happy squeals, the child broke into a loud cry, a full, unbridled, using-all-her-lung-power sort of cry.
By Judy Walker 4 years ago in Psyche
First of All, It's Not 'Imposter Syndrome'
I have read countless articles downplaying the urgency of the prevalence of what’s dubbed as “imposter syndrome”. Many have been insisting it’s just an excuse for being unproductive, or for not reaching your goals and satisfaction.
By naddine luci4 years ago in Psyche