“Isn’t It Ironic?” Overcome Ironic Processes to Focus, Improve Sleep, and Heal Trauma.

We all have thoughts that trouble us. Rehashing conversations we’ve had. Feeling badly about ourselves. Worrying about things. The more we try to not think those thoughts, have those emotions, etc., the more they keep coming back. Especially when we’ve been through painful stuff. It’s called “ironic processes of the mind.” The good news: there are ways to overcome this.

mindfulness, traumaAndrew KushnickDecember 14, 2022anxiety, brain, change, depression, EMDR, mindfulness, self-help, self-critic, neuroscience, trauma

Languishing and Lousy News: 12 Ways to Master the "Meh."

We’re still not back to “normal.” So many of us are living in a new reality, with disrupted routines and continued frustration when we hear things in the news. All of this can lead us to feel stuck, kinda blah. Not psyched about much. Unfocused. Withdrawn from the people we care about. Forgetting things. It’s not depression, but it’s not a true sense of well-being either. Mental health professionals call this “languishing,” and it’s a thing. In this post, we offer 12 ways to get through it, to master the “meh.”

mindfulness, self-help, traumaAndrew KushnickDecember 13, 2021brain, change, compassion

'Help, the news is upsetting me': 8 ways to cope

I see it in my practice, and I hear it everywhere… this is a challenging time. It’s easy to hear about something in the news and become upset or angry, or even fearful of the future. Friends, I’m here to tell you that you’re not powerless. Click now to learn 8 things that you can do right now, to cope.