Your Low-Stress Guide to Leveling-Up Your Bedtime Routine

Are You Burnt Out or Depressed?

From their well-thought advice touseful tips and tools, these experts provided insight that almost felt likefree therapy.

She is a relationship expert for the dating site Eharmony.

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That way, you could rely on your own instincts and learn to trust yourself.

Just as toxic forgiveness is harmful to your well-being, so is holding onto resentment.

When that happens, it can be helpful to remember who your people are by way of an ecomap.

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Making an ecomap is pretty easy, too.

Whatever it is youre feeling at the moment, the HALT method can help.

You might also want to identify your relationship tendencies.

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If you oftenpursuecloseness with your partner, consider challenging that energy for self-care.

And dont be afraid to prioritize space (boundaries are important here) for yourself.

If you often take a backseat to your anxiety, therapistNina Firooz, LMFT, recommends the container exercise.

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their threshold of anxiety) and can no longer make logical decisions because of it.

This exercise allows you to revisit your stressors when youre in a calmer state.

Once youve completed this step, set it aside but be surenotto forget it.

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Schedule time to revisit your feelings in the container.

You might realize that some things that cause stress may not seem as daunting.

There are certain tellslike saying things we dont mean or relying on sarcasm to communicatethat might point to passive-aggressiveness.

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Use feeling words (Are you Anxious?

to identify these emotions and understand that they dont make you a bad personits normal to have them.

Once you recognize them, its also important to know that they are worth addressing in conversation.

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