Cold or warm showers? You'd be surprised what health experts say.

Oct 13, 2019

There are hundreds of resources out there recommending cold showers over warm ones. Believe me, I was surprised to hear this, too. Maybe surprised isn't the right word, more shocked! Who the heck in their right mind wants to take a cold shower? I sure don't! 

I started researching and looking into the reasons as to why and much to my surprise, I'm actually excited to see how it can...

Continue Reading...

7 Steps for Emotional Management

Jul 08, 2019

I screamed at my kid today. I mean, loud, ugly screamed at her. It was awful. I am sick to my stomach right now as I write this.

She didn’t do anything outside what an average four year old does. Pushing boundaries, making a mess, bossing me around, being too aggressive with her little sister, and singing too loud. Typical day. Right?

No, this wasn’t a typical day. Perhaps from an...

Continue Reading...

Prenatal Emotional Awareness: What to know before your baby arrives

Jun 06, 2019
 

Looking back, it was such a blur, day in and day out….

After delivering both of my baby girls, I remember being on autopilot. Wake up, feed, change diapers, sooth baby, snuggle, change diapers, take millions of pictures, and do it all over again the next day. Someone once told me that the days drag on but the months fly by. A perfect explanation!

I’ll...

Continue Reading...

Simple Steps to Improve Your Mental Health

Jun 06, 2019

You’re tired, irritable, angry, sad.

You’re feeling emotions that probably don’t feel like your own. Or maybe you know your emotions, but have no idea why you’re feeling them. Maybe you’re reacting to situations and people in ways you never have before?

I get it. I’ve been there. I have snapped at my husband and my daughter. I have been angry and...

Continue Reading...

IOME Mental Health Counseling in Fort Collins

Jun 06, 2019

Welcome to IOME!

It is becoming more clear that women are not getting the self-care they need and deserve. Approximately 12 million women in the US experience clinical depression each year. More notably, from 2005 to 2015, depression rates had risen from 6.6 percent to 7.3 percent.Though a few percentage points might not seem like a big deal, one percent accounts of millions of...

Continue Reading...
1 2 3 4
Close

50% Complete

Sign Up For Weekly Self Care Tips!