Living Well Blog
Information & Resources to Help You Improve Your Mental and Physical Health
When Your Thoughts Get in the Way of Your Mental and Physical Well-Being — And How to Take Back Control
Making changes to support your physical and psychological health is often harder than we expect. Between life responsibilities, stress, and negative thinking patterns, it’s easy to feel stuck. Your own inner monologue can be one of the most persistent roadblocks — those automatic thoughts that quietly influence your mood, motivation, and daily habits. The good news is that you can learn to notice and challenge these thoughts so they stop getting in the way of your self-care.
Overcoming Common Barriers to Self-Care: A Practical Problem-Solving Framework
Making changes to support your physical and mental health can sometimes feel harder than expected. Even after overcoming ambivalence or low motivation, obstacles to self-care can still pop up — and they often require more than just willpower to move past. That’s where problem-solving skills come in. This blog explores common barriers to self-care and shares a simple, step-by-step problem-solving framework to help you work through challenges with confidence and compassion.
Get Unstuck: How to Overcome Ambivalence and Start Making Real Changes
Real self-care—the kind that supports your health and well-being—isn’t always easy. Sometimes, it’s doing the things you don’t feel like doing, even when you know they’re good for you. You already know these things can improve your health and quality of life. So why is it so hard to follow through? Learn how to connect with your “why” and boost your confidence to make lasting change.
How to Create a Realistic Self-Care Plan That Aligns With Your Values
We’ve talked before about how self-care isn’t all spa days and bubble baths. Real self-care is personal, purposeful, and aligned with what truly matters to you. What does self-care actually look like in your life? The answer will be different for everyone — and it should be. In this blog, I’ll walk you through how to build a realistic and meaningful self-care plan that’s grounded in your values and fits into your real life.
Why Knowing Your Values Changes Everything: A Guide to Living with Clarity and Meaning
Have you ever felt stuck, unmotivated, or off track — but couldn’t quite figure out why? Often, the root of that discomfort is disconnection from your values — the core principles that guide how you want to live your life. Reconnecting with what truly matters is a powerful form of self-care. When you use your values as a compass, you can build a life — and a self-care practice — that genuinely supports you.
Self-Care That Actually Works: Why One-Size-Fits-All Isn’t the Answer
Your self-care should be exactly that — care for yourself. Personalized. Aligned to what’s important to you. Grounded in your real life. Designing a self-care plan that reflects your needs, values, and reality is one of the most powerful things you can do for your mental health. Here’s a simple framework you can start using today.
Redefining Self-Care: Why It’s More Than Bubble Baths (and More Essential Than You Think)
“Self-care” is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days—often paired with images of bubble baths, candles, or a luxurious spa day. While those activities can be lovely and restorative, they’re just one very narrow slice of the bigger picture. Real self-care goes deeper. Self-care is how we begin to reclaim our health and peace of mind. It’s about becoming aware of how we are feeling and what we need to do to feel our best.
How to Check In With Yourself: A Mental Health Guide to Reconnect With Your Body, Emotions, and Thoughts
“How are you?” It’s a question we hear every day - often said casually, without expecting a real answer. Most of us move through the day doing one thing after another, not thinking about how we're actually doing. Sometimes, we even go out of our way to avoid thinking about how we’re feeling. When we don’t take the time to check in, we miss out on the chance to make meaningful adjustments. There’s power in tuning in. It helps us regain a sense of control and clarity.
