5 tips for mindful drinking in a very unusual holiday season

5 tips for mindful drinking in a very unusual holiday season

Nov 23, 2020 | Living Well

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

Coping with loneliness part 2: what’s working for me

Nov 16, 2020 | Toolkit

    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...
How to cope with loneliness

How to cope with loneliness

Aug 25, 2020 | Toolkit

  As a writer, I spend more time alone than not.   Under a lamp immersed in a book over a cup of tea. In front of a laptop, toying with phrases until I’m satisfied the words have come together just right. Spending long stretches of time in my own company is a...
7 tips for managing financial stress

7 tips for managing financial stress

Aug 12, 2020 | Living Well

  Ever been too nervous to check your bank balance? So have countless others. Financial stress is a real hardship, and one that can take over our thinking. When money is tight, it impacts every aspect of our lives from simple pleasures like grabbing a meal with...
4 signs you need a mental health day (and how to spend it)

4 signs you need a mental health day (and how to spend it)

Feb 10, 2020 | Living Well

  If you come down with the flu or a bad cold, you probably feel perfectly OK with staying home from work or school. When you have a fever, runny nose, or terrible cough, your symptoms are visible to everyone and that’s what your “sick days” are for…right?...