Hope +Wellness Blog
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What is Emotional Regulation?
Have you ever felt like your emotions were controlling you?
Maybe you were in an argument, or just got bad news, or one more thing in the midst of a really bad day went wrong and made you feel like you couldn’t stay calm anymore. Suddenly your feelings were overwhelming you, like a dam broke, and you were too emotional to think through your behavior.
These are times when emotional regulation skills would help.
5 Ideas for Soothing Your Nervous System in Tough Times
We all go through seasons in life, and some are harder than others. When times are tough, it can feel like it’s impossible to make yourself feel better. Understanding how our nervous systems respond in tough times can help us come up with better ways to soothe ourselves when we feel distressed.
3 Tips to Manage Regret More Mindfully
We all have regrets. It’s normal to look back on moments from your past and wish you handled them better–it’s something that happens as we grow and learn. But allowing regret to live in your mind all of the time doesn’t help you, and in fact it could be holding you back. So how do you acknowledge regret without letting it take over? Why is it important to not let it take over in the first place?
5 Ways to Improve Your Self-Worth
Developing a healthy sense of self-worth can help you be more resilient in times of distress or change. When you understand that nothing can change the worth you have as a person, it can be a freeing feeling.
Codependence vs Interdependence in Relationships
If you’re in a codependent relationship, it’s not doomed to end poorly. Just as codependence was learned at some point, it can be unlearned. There are things you can do to help shift from a codependent dynamic to a more interdependent one.
What Internalized Messages Do Your Still Believe About Yourself?
An internalized message is something we believe, unconsciously about ourselves. These messages and beliefs don’t come from within ourselves–while they may feel like undeniable qualities about ourselves, these internalized messages actually came from outside influences. They are the result of how we, as children, are able to interpret and understand the world around us, and the way we’re expected to behave in relationships.
Can I Have a Healthy Relationship with My Body Without Loving It?
Living with chronic pain doesn’t mean you don’t deserve an emotionally healthy relationship with your body, even if that can’t be one filled with love.
4 Ways To Widen Your Window Of Tolerance
Do you ever feel like you have a hard time coping with the ups and downs of life?
Learning more about your window of tolerance (WoT) and how to widen it can help you feel more capable of coping with what comes your way, no matter what it is.
Quieting Your Inner Critic by Living your Values
When you live life and make decisions in alignment with your values, it is harder to find things to criticize about yourself! Making decisions by values takes morality out of our choices, you’re no longer asking “which choice is right?” you’re asking “which choice aligns most with my values?”
Understanding Your Window of Tolerance
One way to help understand what’s happening when your emotions feel out of control is through the window of tolerance model. We all have ranges, or windows, of what we’re able to tolerate psychologically. In some states of mind, we’re better able to cope and regulate our emotions than others.
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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