The Wellness Diary

Insights, advice, new research, tips and tricks, and new resources to help you with your mental health journey.

#blog Sandra Kushnir #blog Sandra Kushnir

Episode 30: Become A Visionary

Episode 30: Nichomi Higgins, LMFT joins me in discussing the spiritual, mental and emotional road blocks of taking risks and following your dreams. She shares how to get over fear and manifest your dreams.

Read More
#blog Sandra Kushnir #blog Sandra Kushnir

The Game Of Love: What's There To Learn?

Romantic partners tend the be some of the most powerful teachers and bring us important lessons that need to be learned in our human experience. There really is no energy stronger than the energy of romantic love….

Read More
#blog Sandra Kushnir #blog Sandra Kushnir

Recently Suffer a Loss? Moving Can Be Your Ticket to a Fresh Start

Mourning the death of a loved one is difficult, and it can take a long time before you move on, but you will be able to move on. Most advice will tell you that “moving on” is more of a metaphorical goal. You have to get past the bereavement period in your own head. While this is certainly true, it’s wrong to think that moving on cannot also be a physical way to cope.

Read More
#blog Sandra Kushnir #blog Sandra Kushnir

Sleep Deprivation: Effects on Your Mind and Body

Many people don’t think much about sleep until they’re not getting enough of it. The average adult needs seven to nine full hours of sleep to be fully rested. Anytime you’re getting less, you enter very stages of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation puts your body under serious strain as it struggles to keep up with daily demands.

Read More
#blog Sandra Kushnir #blog Sandra Kushnir

The Perfect Day: In Recovery

It’s not always easy to think of enjoying your life when you’re struggling to get through another day sober, but you should. Finding moments of peace and happiness is a crucial step in the process of personal reinvention, and now’s the time to take it, with summer bringing plenty of warm weather and clear skies to lift your spirits.

Read More
Relationships Sandra Kushnir Relationships Sandra Kushnir

Navigating the Depths of Connection: Friendship and the Quest for Your Tribe

Friendship. Some of the most significant relationships in life are our friendships, friends are soul mates who come into our lives to be mirrors that wake us up and help us grow into our full potential.  Friends are the family that we get to choose and they become part of our tribe. Humans are wired to have connection and our friendships are vital to our mental and emotional health. 

Read More
#blog, #podcast Sandra Kushnir #blog, #podcast Sandra Kushnir

Episode 20: From Anxiety to Love

Episode 20: Author Corinne Zupko, a licensed counselor and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher, undertook her study of psychology out of necessity when debilitating anxiety threatened to derail her life. Seeking ways to do more than temporarily alleviate her symptoms, Corinne began to study A Course in Miracles (ACIM), mindfulness meditation, and the latest therapeutic approaches for treating anxiety.

Read More
#blog Sandra Kushnir #blog Sandra Kushnir

Episode 19: Intuitive Eating 

Episode 19: Julie Simon, LMFT joins me for an in-depth look into the origins of emotional eating, recovery and shares about her most recent book. Julie focuses on self-soothing, emotional regulation and mindfulness.

Read More
#blog Sandra Kushnir #blog Sandra Kushnir

Miracles Of Recovery: Time For Change

Addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer of lives. Park Avenue or park bench, silk sheets or city streets, gay or straight, liberal, conservative or just don’t care politically, addiction touches everyone.  According to the latest statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse: 64 Billion is spent per year for addiction health care with another 520 Billion a year lost to addiction related crime, missed work and productivity. What isn’t included in those numbers is the pain and suffering the 10’s of thousands of families who lost someone to addiction felt.

Read More