Rebecca—who is back East because of a complicated dental implant that isn’t healing well—was bemoaning to her husband KC that she felt overwhelmed and couldn’t think straight. She’s been surfing between her mother and her sister’s couches and torn between wanting to spend time with them and wanting to be home with KC and the cats. Stressed OutWhat’s distressed her …
Coloring panel of Rebecca’s Grande Agave Coloring Sheet With the heightened stress of the recent elections and the resurgence of the virus converging with the upcoming holidays, we’ve been asked to write more on coping with COVID. One of our favorite stress reducing strategies is coloring. This is perhaps not surprising, since this is one of Rebecca’s passions and she illustrated …
Gioia–Symbol of Strength and Perseverance One of our clients recently added a nuance to our approach to managing stress and developing resilience. She identified that she parses her “toolbox” of coping strategies into two categories–techniques she uses “in the moment” when she’s faced with something really difficult or traumatic, and ongoing routines that she employs preventively to keep herself stable …
Rebecca–Don Juan Finally Released to His New Home Rebecca recently had her hands full transporting her cat, Don Juan, from DC to Tucson. The trip was an absurd comedy of errors. She recounted the day as follows: Things started out fairly uneventfully for us at the airport. I had TSA pre-check so that I didn’t have to take off my …
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