What is emotional intelligence? Emotional Intelligence as a psychological theory was originally developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer. They described it as “the ability to perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote emotional…

Let’s talk about emotions! During my time working with college students, it became very apparent to me HOW important emotions are and the common struggle of knowing what to do with them. Oftentimes, we learn growing up that there are some emotions that are “acceptable” to be shown and other emotions that are “not…

Mindfulness gets a lot of press, and for good reason. Research shows that it is effective at treating things like anxiety, sleep quality, and even pain management. Everyone from supermodels to Google engineers tout its ability to increase quality of life. What do you think of when you think of mindfulness? It seems like when most people think of mindfulness…

Have you ever thought about what it truly means to be honest? Does how honest we are really affect the quality of our lives? Are there different types of honesty or is it a one size fits all concept? These are questions I’ve been pondering and discussing with clients recently that deserve attention to, because I have seen how having these answers…

A codependent person, defined by Melody Beattie in her book Codependent No More, is “one who has let another person’s behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person’s behavior.” She states, “the other person could be a child, adult, lover, spouse, sibling, parent, client, family…

This is a common phrase many of us have heard and adhered to. We were taught that it’s not nice to say things that may hurt people. And we always want to be nice, right? This phrase has good intentions, but it also can lead to unhealthy ways of handling our thoughts and feelings. As I’ve grown, I’ve decided I’m not so sure I want to be nice all…

Lori Gottlieb is a wonderful therapist with a great blog, and has a super insightful book called, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. Her premise is that each of us have a story, but the plot twist is that most of us are “unreliable narrators of our own story.” This…

As Spring starts to settle in, we might be looking at 2022 with mixed emotions and thoughts. A lot of people take this time to reflect on the year ahead and where they gave been. We might reflect on accomplishments and growth, and the immense change we have all endured…

In part one, we defined your experience of motivation and had you observe your style of inner motivation. In part two, let’s get curious about momentum. If we establish a baseline of momentum, it can carry us through those low motivation moments. How do we do this? You need a “why?” As Viktor Frankl, a…