In our present society, it sometimes feels like we’re facing judgments over flaws and our bodies on a day-to-day basis. This is especially true on social media, where people are sharing intimately about themselves more than ever. This opens them up to scrutiny from people online and opens all...
Articles by Sandee Nebel
How to Let Go and Move Forward
It seems like just yesterday that we were running to the stores in search of toilet paper and hand sanitizer in a frenzy of being told we were all going to be staying home for the next two weeks. It’s kind of interesting now looking back, isn’t it? Two...
Anxiety as a Continuum
As I speak to clients these days, there is one thing almost everyone is needing help with, and that’s managing anxiety. Of course, COVID has put a whole other layer on top of it and we even have a new name for it, “COVID anxiety.” When you think of...
Foundational Self-Care for the Holidays
The holidays are here, and there’s no denying they will be unlike any other year. We have the additional pressure of deciding how or if to gather, and coping with the changes and losses we have all experienced as a global society. There are a lot of feelings coming...
Toxic Positivity
I recently came across the hashtag #toxicpositivity on Instagram and was curious about how these two words were being put together. I often think about how there is a trend on social media for people to portray themselves as happy and positive all the time. Unfortunately, this can have...
Prescriptions for Pandemic Times
Before COVID-19, we did all sorts of activities meant to add relaxation into our lives, like yoga, pilates, or boxing classes, massage therapy, and other personal appointments – whatever new “shiny” relaxing thing came into view. Yet filling our schedule like that actually creates its own kind of stress....
Managing Pandemic Stress
We are coping with a lot of unrest in our country and in our world right now. If you are already working on a health issue or two, coupled with worries about staying safe and avoiding illness, it’s a lot to handle. So how can you safely manage stress,...
Being at Peace With Being at Home
Things will likely never return to exactly how they were, but for sure there will be more changes ahead from how things are right now. While things are slowly opening back up for us here in Florida, many people are still spending more time at home. This is a...
Staying Centered in a Chaotic World
There’s only so much that relaxation exercises can do for us when there are outside circumstances creating stress and even panic in people around us. One of the things you may already do, and I do this as well, is limit your exposure to the news. Yet these days...
Resolution Disillusion? Try This Instead
Happy New Year! Or is it? By mid-January, we know that many people are feeling discouraged about the things they resolved to do or be this year. Negative self-talk is problematic enough without adding disappointment to the mix. So how can you pick yourself up? Here are three tools...