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The “Sticky Note Mantras” blog, authored by licensed professional counselors Helene Zupanc and Beth Valdez, offers insightful articles providing readers with practical tips, strategies and mantras for personal transformation.
Humor: Your Best Office Survival Kit
Let’s be honest—every workplace has its moments. An email thread reaches 47 replies without answering the original question. A meeting is scheduled to prepare for another meeting. If you’ve ever stared at your computer thinking, “There’s no way this is a real process,” you’re in good company. While workplace frustrations are real, one of the healthiest coping tools we have is often overlooked: humor. It creates emotional distance from frustrating situations, allowing us to respond thoughtfully. Discover five ways to use humor as a coping skill and transform your workplace experience into something a little lighter and more enjoyable.
Are You Too Sensitive, or Just Wired Differently?
“Why do I cry so easily?”“Why does noise wear me out?”“Why do I seem to absorb everyone else’s emotions?”
Epic Ways An Anxiety Kit Can Interrupt Spiral Cycles
When anxiety spikes, it rarely does so politely. It builds, loops, and spirals—pulling your thoughts into worst-case scenarios, your body
The Cognitive Load of Working Moms: Understanding, Validating, and Lightening the Invisible Weight
Mantra: I can do hard things, but I don’t have to do everything. Working moms carry an extraordinary weight that
Riding the Wave: Learning to Surf Strong Emotions Instead of Fighting Them
Strong emotions can feel overwhelming, like a tidal wave that crashes in without warning. Anxiety spikes before a difficult conversation.
Rest in Awareness: Finding Safety Through Acceptance, Not Control
Awareness is often misunderstood as something we do—another task to master, another skill to perfect. But in Buddhist psychology, awareness
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