Grieving & holidays can make for a really challenging time for people who are suffering from the loss of a someone or something they've lost. Kimberley Brown is the guest on this Living From Happiness podcast episode which focuses on how to navigate grief and...

What's Emotional Safety? Emotional safety means that 1) you're comfortable feeling your emotions, and when appropriate*, 2) expressing those emotions to others. Telling yourself how you're feeling comes first. But you can't tell yourself how you're feeling if you...

Something in your life has changed, and it's rocking your world. Some of the ways that can happen include ... divorce, a life-changing medical diagnosis, an adult child who's mental health issues have gotten worse, anxiety and sadness and grief that just won't leave...

What is Joy? Joy is an embodied feeling of being open and alive. And it's not necessarily connected with anything going on, like perfect weather. Instead, it's just because … because you're feeling it in that moment.  Sometimes, you need to jumpstart a little spark of...

There are a lot of ways to help reduce anxiety. CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), mindfulness (especially MBSR, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), and emotional regulation can absolutely change your life for the better if you're...

Stress management skills have been talked about endlessly, it seems. And yet, most of us are more stressed than ever. 'Course, part of that may be because we're living in uber-stressful times these days. Stress management skills help you navigate the inevitable times...

How to Know if You’re Emotionally Healthy or Not When you’re emotionally healthy, you can handle the inevitable challenges that life throws at everyone. Even when challenging things are happening, you’ll be able to: feel how you’re feeling name how you’re feeling...

Different Types of Loss and Grief There are so many different types of sadness and loss and grief, so many ways your heart can be broken. In fact, there are so many that I created a list of unusual ways you can lose something or someone that's been an important part...

How to Control Your Emotions Learning how to deal with emotions includes learning how to feel what you're feeling. Sounds simple, right? Not always. Because for a lot of people who learned that only a few feelings are acceptable, it can be hard to do. This is how...