Resources for Healing and Wellness

Calm Your Inner Critic: How to Be Your Best With Less Stress

03/26/2025

When our experience is dominated by the blame and judgment of our inner critic, we feel anxious and insecure. We might find it challenging to give time and attention to activities we enjoy or relationships that nourish us. Research shows that folks…

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Why We Need Awe and 8 Ways to Find It

07/18/2024

Awe offers extraordinary benefits to our health and well being. Research encourages us to be mindful of eight types of experiences that can bring awe to our daily lives. Read more at Psychology Today

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Katrina McCoy, PhD Psychological Services

Thriving Through Unwelcome Experiences

02/01/2024

Unwelcome experiences are inevitable. Living with unwelcome experiences prompts emotions such as anger, sadness, and anxiety. We suffer less through unwelcome experiences when we are open to connecting with them without trying to resist or change them right away. Practicing…

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Finding the Right Words

10/18/2023

Precisely labeling our emotions (emotional granularity) can help us feel better and respond more effectively when we are distressed. We can cultivate this skill by expanding our vocabulary. Read more at Psychology Today.

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