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Are you finding it challenging to maintain a healthy balance between your demanding work schedule and personal life? We completely understand how overwhelming it can be when the lines between professional commitments and personal space start to blur. But here’s the good news – you’re not alone in this struggle. Many of us find ourselves trapped in the monotonous cycle of work, eat, sleep, and repeat. However, we firmly believe that establishing a healthy work-life balance is not as daunting as it may seem at first glance.

Allow us to share a few practical tips that we believe can make a significant difference:

Set clear boundaries: It’s crucial to create and maintain clear-cut boundaries between your work and personal life. Whether it means committing to not checking emails during family dinners or establishing specific work hours, taking charge of these boundaries is entirely up to you. By doing so, you can create space and time for the things that matter most outside of work.
Prioritize self-care: Remember, you cannot pour from an empty cup. It is vital to dedicate time to activities that refresh and rejuvenate you. Whether it’s engaging in hobbies you love, practicing mindfulness and self-reflection, or simply taking time for relaxation, self-care should be an essential part of your routine. By nourishing your mind, body, and soul, you will have more energy and focus to excel in both your professional and personal life.
Learn to say no: It’s perfectly okay to decline certain meetings or tasks that may not align with your priorities or overwhelm your schedule. Understanding your limits and learning to say no when necessary is a crucial step towards achieving a more balanced life. By doing so, you can create space for the activities and relationships that truly matter to you.
Seek support when needed: If you’re feeling overwhelmed or stretched too thin, remember that it’s okay to ask for help. Whether it means delegating tasks at work or seeking guidance and support from loved ones, sharing the load can alleviate stress and provide a fresh perspective. Remember, you don’t have to face everything on your own, and seeking support is a sign of strength, not weakness.

In the pursuit of work-life balance, it’s important to remember that it’s not about achieving perfection. Rather, it’s about creating a lifestyle that brings value, fulfillment, and happiness to your life as a whole. We believe in you and know that you have the resilience, determination, and dedication required to achieve this balance. Embrace the journey, be kind to yourself, and take small steps every day towards a more balanced and fulfilling life.

If you need help managing work life balance and getting to a better place, reach out. We’re here to help.

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Need help managing deep and ongoing emotional pain in your relationship and personal life? You are not alone…

We all have to deal with emotional pain at different points in our lives. Life unfolds in ways we never expected (or wanted) and finding ways to get throught these painful times is important. Deep emotional pain is the most challenging for us all.

Does this sound familiar?

You lost a loved one and feel like you are in the grips of deep sorrow, trauma, shock, and ongoing grief.
You are feeling lost after divorce or the end of a relationship and don’t know how to handle your intense emotions.
Maybe you’re feel ongoing emotional pain due to problems in your relationship or family.
Or are you’re just feeling empty and a deep pain in your gut is painful and hard to manage.

How can you cope better with this deep emotional pain?

Maybe you could use to find better way of managing the pain so you can lessen the impact emotionally and otherwise. Understanding the source of the pain and what to do with it can help. Emotional pain, which is also referred to as the “pain body” (by Eckhart Tolle) and also referred to as old emotional pain or undigested pain, can be extremely challenging to cope with. This type of pain can be very intense and cause strong emotional reactions, especially in relationships. Pain that is “unconscious” (meaning you are unaware of the true source) can cause intense fear, sadness, anger, confusion, or other unpleadsant emotions that are hard to process. Working through emotional pain means becoming more aware and conscious of the difference between the pain and the negative thoughts about the pain which can make things a lot worse for most people.

As therapists, we also experienced emotional pain as well and have to work through our pain, so we really understand how hard it is when going through it. We have a great deal of compassion and help others with their pain by focusing on the difference between emotional pain and the negative houghts about the situation. Negative thoughts make the pain feel worse, so a big part of helping is making people aware of the emotional pain and thoughts about it. Helping people increase their awareness and noticing the pain and trying to accept it’s there without making it into a mental concept, such as, “ this shouldn’t be happening” , “ oh, I’ll never get through this”, “it’s someone else’s fault that I’m feeling this way”. These are all examples of what can make your situation prolonged and much worse for you and others. Many people unortunately take out their uncoscious emotional pain on others since they are not feeling well and assume the reason is something others have done to cause you to feel this way. Others will trigger your old emotinoal pain, but developing the skills to work with the pain without lashing out at others will help tremendously. You will not be able to work through old pain if you lash out at others.

Helping people process deep emotional pain takes developing more awareness about what’s going on internally in the body and paying attention to and trying to stop negative thoughts and “stories” about the experience. We can help you work on this to find the relief and peace you deserve.

If you are coping with emotional pain right now that’s been hard to manage, reach out and let us help.

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