Hope +Wellness Blog
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6 Tips to Help Improve Your Sleep
Do you struggle with sleep? From creating a routine to settling in, to staying soundly asleep until morning, sleep issues are extremely common. It seems like we all need a little support figuring out works! But our health, our mood, and our energy levels are all improved when we get the right amount of deep, restful sleep, so it’s important to find a routine that works for you! So today we’re going over 6 tips to help improve your sleep.
7 Lesser Known Signs of ADHD
When people understand the symptoms to be aware of, it’s easier to get diagnosed and get treatment that can help. Here are some lesser known signs of ADHD to watch out for.
Managing Cognitive Distortions
The truth is we can’t always avoid negative thinking, and learning to reroute your thinking patterns takes a lot of work. But we can care for ourselves by becoming aware of these patterns, and developing strategies to deal with them when we notice them popping up.
10 More Cognitive Distortions to Be Aware Of
The first step to changing your negative thought patterns is to spot them, so keep an eye out for any of these cognitive distortions in your thoughts. Here are 10 more cognitive distortions to watch out for in your thinking.
What is All or Nothing Thinking?
Last time we started talking about common cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortions are patterns of thinking we may have that leads to (untrue) negative thoughts that we take as fact. Today we’re going to focus on just one: all or nothing thinking.
8 Common Cognitive Distortions to Watch Out For
One of the pillars of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is identifying patterns in your thinking to get to the bottom of your negative thoughts. These patterns are called cognitive distortions. A cognitive distortion is a faulty way of thinking that we learn to believe is true. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps to identify cognitive distortions so you can challenge your negative thought patterns and not let them control your life.
The first step to challenging your cognitive distortions is to be able to spot them. Here are 8 common cognitive distortions to watch out for.
4 Signs That Your Funk Could Be the Result of Depression
If you’re in a funk after spending the last year away from your loved ones, you’re not alone! Many people are feeling a sort of covid-burnout at the moment. Here are some ways to tell if the funk you’re feeling is the result of depression:
6 Things Not to Say to Someone Struggling with Infertility
Learning what questions or topics to avoid to be respectful of the pain your loved one is experiencing is just as important as learning methods of support. Here are 6 things to avoid saying to someone struggling with infertility.
Managing Covid Anxiety in the New Year
This year, instead of starting off with resolutions and intentions, instead let’s focus on what this last year has taught us about our emotional and mental health needs, and make a survival kit of sorts for managing anxiety in 2021.
7 Ways to Remember Your Lost Loved One
Loss is a universal experience, but it is still not something we are ever prepared for. No matter how much we understand about loss intellectually, when it happens to us, it’s hard to know what to do. Grief is something we will all feel at some point, and there is no set timeline for working through grief. There are stages to grief, but it’s not a linear process. Part of learning to live with grief is figuring out ways to honor the person you lost while managing your grief.
Hope+Wellness is a mental health practice specializing in the treatment of depression, mood, stress, and anxiety in kids, teens, and adults. This is a blog about living well and finding meaning and purpose in the face of difficult challenges. This is a blog about finding hope.
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