Welcome to the Sanvello blog, where we post weekly articles on topics like anxiety, burnout, sleep, and so much more to help you on your mental health journey. All posts are reviewed by clinicians to provide you relevant and accurate information.
Skip the resolutions and do this instead
It’s that time of year again. We’re feeling fresh, we’re feeling ready, and we decide we’re gonna make a change.  First, we make big promises to ourselves and cram in a handful of new habits; then, we put those promises aside as we attend to real...
Sanvello in review: the articles that helped you get through 2020
Remember December 31, 2019? Little did we know. We all had our own expectations for 2020 and suffice to say most of those expectations were... not met. But everything we went through this year, we went through together.  It sounds trite, but our most...
Feeling SAD? Navigating seasonal affective disorder during a pandemic.
Despite what the holiday songs on your seasonal playlist may be telling you, it’s OK to not feel merry and joyous right now. The lack of social connection, coupled with financial strain that so many are facing, makes this holiday season unlike any other. And, if...
5 strategies for the ultimate procrastinator
You’ve had a month to complete a rather daunting project. The deadline is tomorrow and, although it has been looming over your head, you’ve yet to start. You’ve put it off and put it off until you can’t ignore it any longer, and now you’re finally getting started,...
Your personal “I can get through this” toolkit
also app We’ve got a strange few weeks left in 2020, and care is going to play a big role in how we get through it. We often spend so much of the holiday season giving to and taking care of others that we forget to take care of ourselves. When conversations...
How to make working from home less stressful
The pandemic life has many of us working from home for the first time in our lives and the transition has been, well, interesting. In a matter of months, the US has transformed into a working-from-home economy, with an astounding 45% of the labor force now working...
5 tips for mindful drinking in a very unusual holiday season
While the holidays typically mean busy social calendars, office holiday parties, and frenzied travel, this year is likely going to look quite a bit different for all of us. Yep, we’re really home for the holidays.  Indulgent eating and increased alcohol consumption...
Coping with loneliness part 2: what’s working for me
Six months is long time to do nothing. Or what feels like a lot less of everything. Physical distancing, self-isolation, and quarantining are intended to keep us safe, yet these COVID precautions have also produced an unintended result: intense...