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8 Week Meditation Challenge: Week 2
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This Week’s Meditation Breakdown: This week I spiced things up by adding in some meditations I found on YouTube! I’ll include links to the meditations I used outside of the calm app. Day 1: Open to Receive 15 Minute MeditationBefore: I’m feeling pretty good today! After: This was a nice meditation to try. I’ve always enjoyed…
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The 8-Week Meditation Challenge: Week 1
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This Week’s Meditation Breakdown: All of my meditations for this week are from the Calm app Day 1: Loving-Kindness 15 minute meditationBefore: Anxious, I’ve been riding an anxiety wave for about a week nowAfter: The anxiety isn’t gone, but this genuinely did help calm me down & my brain isn’t jumping around Day 2: Calm Light…
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The 8-Week Meditation Challenge: Starting the Journey
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Recently I began taking The Science of Well-Being, a class offered by Yale that dives in to the science behind happiness. Over and over again, meditation was brought up as a way to enhance happiness. Meditation gets a mixed rep sometimes. I think we all understand that meditation has at least some benefit, right? If you…
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About Me: Why I Started Blogging
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TW: Discussion of a mental health crisis & thoughts of self harm I never really saw myself as a writer. Of course, I’d whip out my best writing skills any time I needed them for a paper or what-have-you in school, but I can’t say it was something I particularly enjoyed. Until I went…
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Gratitude Mindset Worksheet
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If you’re looking to build a habitual gratitude mindset, you’ve come to the right place! This worksheet takes approximately 12 weeks to complete. I recommend adding a daily alarm on your phone at a time that’s convenient for you to update this every day, whether that’s first thing in the morning when you wake…
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5 Ways To Build A Gratitude Practice & Transform Your Life
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If you’ve spent any time in the mental wellness sphere, you’ve probably heard a little something about gratitude. And there’s a good reason for it! Gratitude practices can increase production of serotonin and dopamine (the hormones that make you happy), lower cortisol levels (your body’s stress hormone), and may even be linked to decreased…
