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Post-holiday blues are a common emotional response to the abrupt shift from celebration and structure back to routine. Burnout, unmet expectations, financial stress, and seasonal changes can all contribute. In this piece, we break down the warning signs and share practical, compassionate strategies for navigating this transition with care.

Life transitions often bring mixed emotions that don’t fit neatly into celebration or success. This post looks at the hidden grief of major changes in our 20s and 30s and offers grounding ways to move into the New Year with more self-compassion.

This post explains how naming emotions, practicing radical acceptance, and increasing emotional granularity can support emotional regulation, reduce reactivity, and deepen self-awareness, grounded in DBT principles and current research.

Learn why sleep hygiene matters for your mental health. Discover what happens in your brain and body during sleep, how lack of rest affects mood and focus, and simple daily habits to improve your sleep quality.

I’ve been in a bit of a reset phase lately. Last month I felt really connected to my routines. I was moving my body, eating meals that...

By Weixi Huang  Sharing our thoughts and feelings can be a tricky internal conflict. On one hand, we want to express ourselves genuinely...

By Shannon Hendrick Summer is often painted as a season of joy—marked by beach trips, vacations, cookouts, and sunshine. But beneath the...

How DBT was born from Dr. Marsha Linehan’s journey of balancing acceptance and change. Her third way can help us build a life worth living.

Not a single day has gone by in recent months without hearing about some new way to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our daily lives, or some new advancement in how we can use AI.

Positive regard is a way of treating someone without judgement or conditions, one of the core principles in Motivational Interviewing, CBT, DBT, and other person-centered interventions.....

Our brains are incredibly powerful and surprisingly hungry. In fact, our brain consumes about 20% of our daily calories just to keep functioning.....