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We’re gonna talk about burnout, and if you’ve made it to this blog, you are burnt the F out! I’m not talking about the kind of elevated, day-to-day stress that you can fix by going on a beach vacation, putting your feet in the sand, and having someone bring you a blended beverage. I’m talking about the type of emotional exhaustion that makes you sigh the moment your alarm goes off, knowing you got way less sleep than you actually need. I’m talking about the feeling of being disconnected from...

We all know that incredibly familiar phrase, “comparison is the thief of joy.” While comparison often makes us feel inadequate, we talk far less about how it can make us question whether our own experiences are even valid. And what is one of the biggest contributors to this comparison? Social media. People post the highlights of what they want to be seen. These are the glamorous parts of their lives, and sometimes, even the curated highlights of their suffering. You can utilize confirmation...

We have all been in that moment where everything seems to be messed up and you feel deflated, hopeless, and all motivation to continue moving forward goes out the window. For most of us, it is easy to access anger as our initial response. Society has conditioned us to let anger be the universal emotion that everyone can understand and access. What’s the problem with anger? It is a surface-level emotion. It presents like the top of an iceberg, hiding the depths of what is actually going on...