Our fast-paced lives are filled with endless to-do lists and constant demands—and from the pandemonium arises a new, social-media-fuelled self-care trend: Bed rotting. To bed rot means to spend the day resting in bed, perusing social media, watching streaming services, or simply journaling or napping. Although staying in bed might…
Self-Care
Stress is simply a fact of nature—forces from the outside world affecting the individual. Sometimes stress can be positive: exciting and inspiring, looking forward to new opportunities. Other times stress may have a more negative effect: intense mental pressure, muscle tightness, or anxiety and nervousness. Your body responds to stress…
Coping strategies (referred to interchangeably as coping mechanisms or coping skills) are behaviors that are designed to help us reduce the negative emotions associated with difficult events, situations, relationships, and more. Coping mechanisms may be learned both consciously or unconsciously. Learning and implementing healthy coping strategies is a routine part…