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Stress & Burnout Prevention

Help others better manage stress, create a healthier work-life balance and identify burnout warning signs to stop overwhelm before it becomes unmanageable.

Languishing

Overcome Languishing & Flourish: A Positive Psychology Guide

Amidst the turmoil of the recent pandemic, one positive psychology construct has captured more attention than any other. As societies worldwide had to endure lockdowns [...]

Trauma Responses

7 Trauma Response Types & How to Recognize Them

Over-sharing. Over-explaining. Trauma dumping. Hyperindependence. Hypersexualization. People pleasing. Do these sound like common traits your clients have? These may not be character traits but, instead, [...]

Diaphragmatic breathing exercises

6 Best Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises to Reduce Anxiety

Our brain controls our breathing largely without conscious awareness. We shower, watch football, listen to music, and sleep while our respiratory system functions in the [...]

7 Best Breathwork Techniques & Exercises to Use

‘Feeling stressed? Then just breathe.’ We all know that paying attention to our breath can have a soothing and calming effect. This simple practice of [...]

Social Anxiety

How to Overcome Social Anxiety: 8 Techniques & Exercises

Everyone was excited about the party, but I dreaded it. Just thinking about it made me struggle to breathe. I’ve tried going before, but at [...]

How to cope with stress

How to Cope With Stress: 10+ Strategies and Mechanisms

Have you experienced a racing pulse, difficulty breathing, sleep disturbances, irritability, appetite changes, or feeling like you cannot cope? If so, you might be stressed. [...]

Performance Anxiety

Performance Anxiety: 15 Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

We typically think of performance anxiety as being associated with sports: that inability to sink the putt or take the kick in the final playoff. [...]

Burnout therapists

Understanding Therapist Burnout: 12 Symptoms & Recovery Tips

Treating clients can be deeply rewarding. And yet, we cannot underestimate the psychological toll psychotherapy takes on its practitioners. Burnout is common among mental health [...]

Job loss depression

How to Support Clients With Job Loss Depression & Stress

When you meet someone for the first time, they will ask your name. The next question is likely to be about what you do for [...]

Fight or flight response

The Fight-or-Flight Response: Everything You Need to Know

Our fight-or-flight response has been shaped by millions of years of evolution over countless generations. It served us well for most of that time, readying [...]

3 Stress Exercises Pack