About the author: Jennifer Mendoza ACSW Today's post is written by Jennifer Mendoza ACSW. She is an Assistant Supervisor/Clinical Social...

At Creative Life Mapping, we consider your career to be the full expression of who you are and how you want to be in the world. With this...

In my vision of a perfect world I can happily eat meat as part of a sustainable lifestyle. I have nothing but respect for vegetarians and...

What a Summer it’s been! Our team has taken this time to rest and reflect on the work of the past few months and to set our sights on the...

In April of 1970, I was on the eve of graduating from Frank B. Kellogg High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. I was about to launch into a...

Oftentimes we think of hope as a feeling. Perhaps we see it as a personality trait—some people are just more hopeful, happy, upbeat, than...

This article, written by Creative Life Mapping's Jasmine Leong, is reproduced here from El Camino College's "The Union: Stories from Our...

In these times of isolation and continued quarantining, upset routines, and altered schedules, nurturing a sense of community and...

Let’s do Thanksgiving differently this year—yes, even more different than it will already be. As we approach this holiday that all too...

“The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little...

Developing supportive relationships is one of the cornerstones of resilience. One Harvard article stated that “the single most common...

3 Ways to Release Stress There’s pressure to be productive even while many of us are at home, but it’s important to take time for...

For many of us, the pandemic has been an especially lonely time. Perhaps we’re home alone much of the time, or home with our family a...

Strength in Numbers Have you ever found yourself driving across a bridge on the coast, hundreds of feet above the ocean? Or have you...

Self-care and self-compassion can help us to stay afloat and even thrive, transforming our daily grind into a process of self-exploration

Thinking Flexibly Over the years, many strategies have been developed for people to learn healthier ways of thinking flexibly. Flexible...

What matters to you? It seems like a silly question--don’t we all know what we want, what we value, what matters to us? Simple as this...

“Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.” -Thich Nhat Hanh Take a deep breath. Then another. Feel the...

Throughout life, we respond to problems, stressors and losses that are part of being human. In our current world, there is no doubt that...