The Wellness Diary
Insights, advice, new research, tips and tricks, and new resources to help you with your mental health journey.
How To Create a Balanced Life in a Season of Chaos and Stress
You can’t wrap up all the loose ends at once, and you can’t expect everything to ever be perfect. Don’t set yourself up for failure and disappointment by setting unrealistic long-term goals on a short-term schedule. Instead, start with these five simple ways to steadily chip away at the disorder in your life.
14-Quick & Easy Ways to Keep Your Home Tidy
Keeping homes clutter-free and clean doesn’t have to be a drag, even if it’s not your favorite thing to do. And if you dread that designated cleaning day and the hours it takes away from doing more fun, relaxing activities, tackling a little bit each day’s the perfect trick!
Build Stability In Recovery: Finding The Right Job For You
Recovery is intimidating for many reasons, especially if you are new to it. You need to focus on your health while adjusting back to life. Making ends meet until you find your first job opportunity post-recovery is necessary, but shouldn't add stress. There are plenty of options available for you, all of which can be fulfilling.
Episode 27: Change Your Life With Mindfulness
Episode 27: Ashley Graber, LMFT joins me for a discussion about the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. Ashley shares practical ways to in cooperate the practice into your day-to-day life.
Episode 24: Creating The Bridge: How To Connect With Teens
Episode 24: Aly Thompson, LMFT joins me for a discussion about adolescence and provides insight, tools and valuable information about how to connect with, understand and guide teens through their unique challenges.
Episode 13: The Path To Authenticity
Episode 13: Ira Israel the author of "How To Survive Your Childhood Now That You Are An Adult" joins me to discuss the path to healing and learning to live an authentic, fulfilling and connected life. Ira's philosophy looks at how our cultural and social expectations prevent us from being able to tap into our truest selves
Episode 11: Women And The Power Of Perspective
Episode 11: Joanne Royer, PH D has built her coaching practice around working with women and helping empower them by utilizing the power of perspective. Joanne will speak about her journey working with women and how she has utilized her background in clinical work combined with coaching to help women take control of and improve their lives.
Episode 9: Millennials And The Life Skills Epidemic
Episode 9: On the ninth episode of Guiding Compass, I interview Dr. Tekesia Jackson Rudd about how the lack of life skills and direction in life is impacting Millennials and leading to higher rates of anxiety, depression and the "snowball generation."