by Jaime Cara | Dec 20, 2024 | Holidays, Mental Health
Have you ever gone home for the holidays and felt like a little kid around your own family? Or have you ever felt like you’re one person around the people in your current life but someone else when you go home for the holidays? If so, this may speak to...
by Jaime Cara | Nov 21, 2024 | Self-Care, Holidays
Do you find the holidays to be more exhausting than joyful? More dreadful than connecting? Does dealing with difficult family members during the holidays make you want to skip out on this time of year altogether? If so, you’re certainly not alone. A recent study...
by Jaime Cara | Oct 23, 2024 | Trauma
Everyone experiences a dysregulated nervous system from time to time. Life can be incredibly stressful, and when things feel hard, we sometimes respond in ways that later make us cringe or feel remorseful. You are not “broken” if you experience this-...
by Jaime Cara | Oct 1, 2024 | Self-Awareness, Coping Tips
Does it ever feel like change is impossible? Are you frustrated because you keep making the same mistakes over and over again? This pattern, while it can be exhausting, often has less to do with willpower or motivation and far more to do with understanding the...
by Jaime Cara | Aug 23, 2024 | Self-Awareness, Trauma
Sometimes it might feel like you “lose control” over your emotions even when you “logically” know things are okay. Other times, you may act aggressively or passively despite a desire to remain regulated with others. These reactions may be due...
