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A Case of the Sunday Scaries

I remember when I was working my very first job, I would curl up on the bathroom floor in a pure panic the night before returning to work. I had a bad case of the “Sunday Scaries. Things have much…

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Is Being Uncomfortable Good for You?

My goal this year is to put myself in as many uncomfortable situations as possible. I am trying to live outside my comfort zone.  I’ve been challenging myself to do hard things (well, hard for me) like entering social situations…

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Help! I’ve Fallen Into A Thought Trap!

Last week, Penn casually spotted a mole on his scalp. Without much fuss, he asked, “Have you seen this before?” I hadn’t. It’s a new mole. Which, in my anxious brain means, SKIN CANCER obviously.  He continued to shave and…

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Reframing Our Thoughts To Gratitude 

With Thanksgiving around the corner, I have been thinking about thankfulness and gratitude. It seems like there’s a social trend of “if you can just be positive enough then everything is fine.” I don’t really buy into that concept, but…

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How This Month Has Changed Me

I set a goal at the beginning of this month to blog everyday in the month of September with a focus on my own mental health. I had no idea if anyone would actually read my ramblings, but I wanted…

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Partnering This Mess

I love an assignment. I did well in school because I thrive when you tell me EXACTLY what’s expected, when things are due, and how to succeed. I think one of the hardest things about adulting is deciding what’s important,…

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Bring On The Big Things, Not The Small Things

As I sit here typing, the weather on our front porch is why we moved here from New York City. The sun is shining and fall is making her entrance. Kids in the neighborhood are riding their bikes to school…

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A Year Ago: Restarting The Amazing Race

It’s bizarre to think, this exact moment a year ago we were in the midst of shooting our restart of The Amazing Race. I’m feeling all sorts of nostalgia because there’s a new season airing (I’m obsessed with all the…

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Do You Need A Mantra?

The details are fuzzy but on a particularly anxious day years ago, I just needed to get the courage to get out of bed. I needed to care for my kids and do my job. I said to myself, “Left…

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Building A Toolkit

When I started in therapy, one of the first things I learned about was building a mental health toolkit. Simply put, it’s having a mental checklist of what you will do in tough situations. You probably have heard the phrase…

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