Give yourself a mental health boost

Give yourself a mental health boost

Over the past few weeks, I have found myself repeatedly thinking about a very dear childhood friend. She and I spent most of our waking hours together throughout middle and high school, we got tattoos together, traveled between the colleges we had chosen so that we...
Self-compassion, why is it so hard?

Self-compassion, why is it so hard?

Why is it that we are able to compliment a friend, filter (for the most part) what we communicate to others in an effort to make someone feel better or show compassion when a colleague is having a rough day, yet when those same courtesies are turned inward and...