What Is Anxiety? Anxiety is when worry or fear makes daily life hard. It can cause your heart to race, your thoughts to spin, and your body to feel tense. Everyone feels nervous sometimes. But if it happens a lot, it might be more than stress, it could be an anxiety disorder. How Common Is […]
From Exposure to Integration: How Trauma Doesn’t Have to Define You (Even When It Isn’t Yours)
There’s a quiet heaviness that many helping professionals carry: the kind that builds over time and lives in the body long after the shift ends. It’s not always your trauma, but it’s still in your system, and it still takes a toll. What starts as empathy becomes exposure. What starts as care becomes cost. What […]
How Ongoing Work Stress Impacts Your Mental Health
If you’re a first responder, medical professional, or someone who’s constantly giving to others in your job, you’ve likely felt the weight of stress and emotional exhaustion. But what happens when that stress starts to impact you more deeply than just feeling tired or overwhelmed? You might be experiencing secondary trauma. What Is Secondary Trauma? […]
10 Relaxation Tips for Busy Professionals
Does your career often leave you feeling stressed? If so, you’re not alone. According to statistics published by the American Institute of Stress, 40% of workers reported that their job was very or extremely stressful, and 25% viewed their job as the No. 1 stressor in their life. And because stress can make it difficult […]
