Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today

30 Ways to Take Advantage of a Mental Health Day

By |2022-06-15T20:33:28-04:00June 15th, 2022|Business, Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

I take a Mental Health Day (almost) every Friday. It means that my four-day workweek schedule is pretty packed. It means that I run my errands on the weekend. It means that I say "no" a lot. And it also means that I often have to remind my boss that I need this, I want

Why It Hurts When Someone Won’t Accept Your Help

By |2022-04-07T19:54:03-04:00April 7th, 2022|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

As Coretta Scott King said, “Struggle is a never-ending process.” And yet, we don’t like to see others struggle, especially when we care about them. It’s particularly hard to see someone struggle when we believe that we can make things easier for them – and when we have the resources (knowledge, skills, time, money, connections,

The Simplest Act of Self Care? Stopping

By |2022-02-28T14:33:47-05:00February 28th, 2022|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

It was 2013, and I was leading a workshop for a client in Baltimore when I got a call from a TV network asking if I could be interviewed on their show the next morning about how to deal with setbacks at work. I had always dreamed about being on television as a thought leader.

“Embrace the Awkward”​ When Bringing Up Mental Health

By |2021-03-12T19:56:44-05:00March 12th, 2021|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

Even if you’ve been lucky enough to survive the last year, you’re probably not operating at your peak performance, emotional highpoint, or (as they say) living your best life. And whether you’ve been holed up at home alone or trying to manage a busy family while working full time, you’ve likely noticed that other people

Are You Struggling a Little—or a Lot?

By |2021-02-19T12:09:16-05:00December 14th, 2020|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it

No Time for Self-Care? Try These 31 Snack-Size Habits

By |2021-02-19T12:08:21-05:00December 14th, 2020|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

“The new normal.” “Tremendous uncertainty.” “Unprecedented times.” These are three phrases most of us rarely heard (or said) before March 2020, but now we are flooded with them. And every time we hear them on the news or at work, we are reminded that our lives as we knew them have changed. Many days bring

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