Healthy coping mechanisms: A therapist-backed guide to doing it right by Hannah DeWitt | Aug 21, 2025 | Coping Skills, Mental Health Topics, Self-Care Stress is inevitable, but suffering through it isn’t. The difference lies in having healthy, beneficial coping mechanisms—strategies that actually help rather than just temporarily mask the problem. Coping strategies, also known as coping mechanisms or coping skills, are behaviors designed to help us manage difficult emotions from challenging events, situations,…
Bed rotting: self-care trend or mental health red flag? by Hannah DeWitt | May 9, 2025 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Care In today’s fast-paced world, we’re constantly juggling endless to-do lists and feeling pressure from both society and social media to keep up. Amid all this hustle, a new self-care trend has taken off online: bed rotting. To “bed rot” means to spend the day resting in bed, perusing social media,…
The self-care commitment: Easy instructions for taking care of your physical, emotional, spiritual, professional, and social self by Lillyana Morales | Oct 17, 2019 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Care Physical health has always been emphasized and encouraged. Habits like maintaining a healthy diet, going to the gym, brushing your teeth, are just a few familiar examples. But how about maintaining your mental health? While physical wellness is definitely important, one’s emotional and mental state also need attention on a…