by Dr. Kim | Feb 9, 2022 | Fear, Rejection
Fear of Rejection It’s the stuff Gen X movies are made of! As a recovering people pleaser, this one sits strongly with me. We all long to belong, and fear of rejection can raise its head in many different areas: Job interviews College applications Business dealings...
by Dr. Kim | Jul 8, 2021 | Anxiety, Coaching, Mindfulness, Self-Care, Stress Management
Wind Down Wednesdays–a midweek reset Let me tell you a little story about me. Every 5 years or so (no seriously, it’s like a 5 year thing), my body has had ENOUGH of me pushing through and ignoring its signals. You know the signals–they’re...
by Dr. Kim | Jun 11, 2021 | People Pleasing, Reslience, Self-Compassion
Making everyone happy I love making people happy. In fact, I come from a long line of women who love making people happy. It’s impossible to get people’s approval all the time. It makes me happy to make others happy, but it took me awhile to...
by Dr. Kim | Jun 4, 2021 | Anxiety, Courage, Mindfulness
Surfing the Fear I read some work by author Pamela Slim recently, and she described her approach to adversity as “surfing the fear.” If you scroll through social media enough, you’ll see posts telling you to crush the fear, stomp on it, destroy it...
by Dr. Kim | Mar 31, 2021 | Families, Parenting, Self-Care, Self-Compassion
The initiation into motherhood Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Maria Luisa Salcines, a freelance author and certified parent coach. In the interview, Maria Luisa talks about how motherhood changed her perspective and about how self-compassion, self-care,...
