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Mindful Monday
Mindful Monday is a weekly newsletter that encourages mindful reflection and intentional living. Navigate the archive below to catch up on a missed week, and review topics covered thus far. Subscribe below to get Mindful Monday delivered to your inbox each week.
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On Dopamine
The nervous system maintains balance between pleasure and pain, and every tilt toward pleasure is followed by a tilt toward discomfort.
Pangs of Negative Thinking
Negative thoughts are a normal part of the human mind, and the freedom we are reaching for is not their absence but a more skillful relationship with them.
Comparison Traps
The problem is rarely social media itself. It is the way constant exposure to curated glimpses of other lives quietly rewrites our definitions of happiness and success, moving us further from the internally derived fulfillment we are actually reaching for.
Your Future Self
If someone were to observe the last seven days of your life without knowing anything else about you, what would they conclude about what you value?
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance, the discomfort we feel when our actions and values are out of alignment, is often treated as a problem to be silenced rather than a signal to be heeded.
The Healing Power of Community
The relationships and communities we are held within are doing far more for our mental health than we often recognize, quietly shaping what we are able to feel, face, and become.
The Wisdom of Movement
The way we meet our bodies in moments of physical effort often mirrors the way we meet ourselves emotionally.
Expectations and You
The expectations we carry are among the most powerful, and most unexamined, forces shaping our emotional lives. When reality does not meet what we anticipated, the pain we feel is rarely about the situation itself.
Understanding CBT
CBT has evolved over time to offer multiple pathways for navigating thoughts, emotions, and behaviors — each one meeting you in a different way.
Nervous System Regulation
Regulation isn’t about staying calm all the time — It’s about building the capacity to move through stress and return to yourself.