What are you waiting for?

Most of us, maybe all of us, are waiting on something in life to change. We’re waiting for our job situation to improve, waiting to meet our future husband,  waiting to get pregnant, waiting for a clean bill of health, waiting for a relationship to be mended, waiting for a person to change, waiting for […]

How to fight work-life stress

Lately my “9 to 5” has been getting to me. I work at a college–specifically a college focused on the entertainment industry.  NOTHING about that is life or death, or really should cause any kind of stress.  I work with great people, great students, and get to do really cool things. But somewhere along the […]

Learning how to rest

I’ve been battling exhaustion for a few months now. I know everyone has. Something about the “new school year”– even if you’re not in school or your work/life isn’t impacted by the academic calendar, it’s just so hard to get back into the swing of things post summer and everything just gets crazy busy. After a […]

End of the semester blues.

  I’m so stressed out I could die… or at least have a major mental breakdown. I so remember this feeling. And believe me, I’m in a similar place in life right now. There is way too much to do and truly not enough time. 1. You are not alone. EVERYONE feels like this during […]

I’m overwhelmed.

“I’m only a few days into my freshman year and am feeling completely overwhelmed.” First of all, you are not alone. EVERYONE is feeling overwhelmed.  It might look differently on other people, but that’s based on how they are coping. Some withdraw, hide in their rooms, and get very homesick and lonely.  Others push into […]