How to Stop Feeling Stuck – By Choosing Not to Move Just Yet

A purple and pink sunset behind silhouetted mountains and evergreen trees on a page that explains why Avery offers stress management for high achievers

Feeling stuck can be deeply uncomfortable, but sometimes, the pressure to “fix” things right away can make it worse. Instead of rushing to find the next step, consider pausing intentionally. Choosing to stay still doesn’t mean giving up—it’s about creating space to reassess your priorities, reconnect with your inner voice, and allow clarity to emerge.

How to Stop Judging Yourself

Self-judgment often acts as an invisible barrier, holding us back from true growth and fulfillment. We tend to criticize ourselves harshly, focusing on our flaws and mistakes instead of our strengths and progress. But what if you could change this narrative?

Moral Distress, climate change and hummingbirds

I’ve been feeling a lot of moral distress lately with the state of the world, politically, environmentally, humanitarianly, conflict, war, genocide. It’s feeling very overwhelming for me as a highly sensitive person. I think it’s feeling like too much for most of us, really

Coping Strategies for OCD – Broken & Beautiful

It’s been a few weeks of Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) therapy for my OCD – which is the gold standard treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder where you intentionally create opportunities for anxiety and fear to rise up, and then don’t do the compulsion that normally alleviates that fear.
The problem was, I was hitting a bit of a roadblock.
The good news is that all I had to do was change one word.