Category Archives: Stress Management

Vagus Nerve Reset

A friend of mine recently shared this video of a quick way to reduce stress in the body by resetting […]

May 10, 2020

Resilience in the Time of COVID-19

Yesterday, I tried something different.  A friend who knows a lot about trauma recovery and I had a conversation about […]

April 18, 2020

Nature Pills

An article in Neuroscience News and Networks suggests that 20 minutes in nature every day significantly lowers stress hormones. A […]

June 3, 2019

Negative Effects of Sleep Deprivation

Author and UC-Berkeley neuroscience professor and Matthew Walker produced a short, four-minute video on the impact of sleep deprivation that […]

February 6, 2019

Self-Care for Busy People

Come join me at the Grass Roots Fitness studio in Vienna on Sunday, January 27th, from 2-3 pm for my […]

January 7, 2019

Prepare Your Student to Launch

I already knew that many students struggle their freshman year of college, but until I read this recent article from […]

December 4, 2018

Understanding True Self-Care

Articles about self-care are all the rage these days—a Google search on the term results in 1.8 billion hits. Yet […]

November 21, 2018

101 Ways to Reduce Your Stress

Those who know me know that I advocate ongoing self-care so that stressful situations are easier to manage when they […]

October 23, 2018

Music for Anxiety Reduction

We all know intuitively that music affects our moods.  We have playlists for the gym, for a road trip, for […]

August 28, 2018

Holding Space for Letting Go

There are many people for whom the presidential election has triggered great worry, fear, sadness, and a whole host of […]

November 15, 2016