Practical resources for navigating life with depression and anxiety

From a psychologist who’s had severe depression and anxiety.

Previous Issues of Self-Hope Psychology

A Psychologist's Guide to Surviving The Loneliness Epidemic

Apr 43 min read

How To Stop Overthinking: 3 Quick Ways

Mar 283 min read

The Worry Bin - Why Your Anxiety Never Goes Away

Mar 213 min read

How A Convenient Child Becomes A Wounded Adult

Mar 143 min read

Fix Your Living Space, Fix Your Brain

Mar 73 min read

3 Things To Do When Existence Feels Like A Burden

Mar 73 min read

You Can’t Be Growing All The Time

Feb 283 min read

Five One-Minute Activities to Reduce Symptoms of Depression

Feb 213 min read

6 Common Mental Mistakes Making You Miserable

Feb 153 min read

Why You Deserve to Be Your Own Caregiver

Feb 73 min read

Why Are We Sad When Nothing’s Wrong?

Jan 312 min read

What Makes Trauma Different From Everything

Jan 244 min read

Finding Meaning When Life Hurts: A Guide to Overcoming Pain and Finding Purpose

Jan 173 min read

Finding Balance Between Self-Love and Compassion for Others

Jan 103 min read

What Mental Illness Steals From You

Dec 27, 20242 min read

Tips for Managing Mental Health During the Winter and Holiday Season

Dec 20, 20243 min read

Why Your Depression Isn’t Getting Better

Dec 13, 20244 min read

Healing Your Relationship With Yourself

Dec 6, 20243 min read

8 Non-Therapy Mental Health Insights

Nov 28, 20243 min read

Your Emotions Are Not Your Enemy

Nov 22, 20242 min read

How to fall asleep instead of passing out

Nov 15, 20242 min read

Why Pushing Harder Isn’t Always the Answer

Nov 8, 20242 min read

How To Grieve Someone Who Is Still Alive

Nov 1, 20244 min read

Understanding Passive Suicidal Ideation

Oct 25, 20243 min read

One Little Shift to Improve Depressive Episodes

Oct 18, 20243 min read

Breaking Bad Habits: Why The Changes You Make Never Seem To Last

Oct 11, 20242 min read

Understanding 4 Common Behaviors Linked to Mental Illness

Sep 30, 20243 min read

The Self-Sabotage Myth: Real Reason You Might Not Be Self-Sabotaging

Sep 23, 20242 min read

What To Do When Your Empathy Becomes A Disability

Sep 16, 20242 min read

Why We Cannot Simply “Choose Happiness” (And What We CAN Choose!)

Sep 9, 20242 min read

6 Things I Stopped Doing To Better Manage My Stress

Sep 2, 20242 min read

Introvert Personality Dilemma: How to find balance in a world made for Extroverts

Aug 25, 20242 min read

7 Depressive Episode Treatment Strategies You've Never Tried

Aug 12, 20242 min read

Why Narcissism And Severe Insecurity Can Look The Same

Aug 5, 20242 min read

3 Reasons Why Getting Better Can Feel Worse

Jul 29, 20242 min read

Letting Go Of Past Shame And Regret

Jul 20, 20242 min read

How to Ease Your Stress in Simple, Effective Ways

Jul 13, 20242 min read

A Tiredness That No Amount Of Sleep Can Fix

Jun 29, 20242 min read

Anhedonia Severity Levels

Jun 10, 20242 min read

The Struggle of Finding Good Mental Health Services

Mar 23, 20243 min read

Where your beliefs and values system comes from

Feb 18, 20241 min read

What about forgiveness for trauma and abuse?

Feb 8, 20241 min read

A better approach to burnout

Jan 28, 20243 min read

Severely, persistently mentally ill?

Jan 21, 20241 min read

Where does the pain come from?

Jan 14, 20242 min read

What to do with your pain

Jan 7, 20242 min read

The Cabin

Jul 28, 20217 min read