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5 Recommendations for How to Deal with FOMO

“Everyone else is living a cooler life than me.” This is a prime example of the type of thinking that fuels the fear of missing out, aka FOMO. While the term FOMO was coined in the 90’s – and social media has rapidly accelerated the issue – the feeling is as old as humans are. [...]

2022-01-05T08:13:00-08:00

Why is Self-Care So Hard (and What to Do About It)?

Humans are like cars. We need regular maintenance to stay in good working condition. Enter, self-care. With 69,000 people in the US searching Google for the term “self-care” each month, it’s safe to say it’s a hot topic. A little physical tune-up here, some emotional calibration there. Easy, right? Wrong. Just because we recognize the [...]

2021-12-23T10:12:00-08:00

Improve Mental Health from the Comfort of Your Home

Balancing personal wellness with everyday demands is hard. Juggling work, family, financial and personal stress, and mental health issues can be exhausting. When you feel overwhelmed, confiding in a qualified counselor can provide relief. Even better if you can do it from the comfort of your couch! By becoming a UCA member, you (and your [...]

2021-12-21T08:00:00-08:00

What is Meditation Supposed to Feel Like?

Often, meditation is portrayed as a calm, still practice. It can be easy to think that it’s all wise, cross-legged gurus and instant inner peace. And while meditation can be practiced in a traditional cross-legged lotus pose, it doesn’t have to be. More than that, while meditators may appear calm, sometimes their mind may be [...]

2021-12-18T08:59:00-08:00

Voluntary Detachment: 8 Tips for How to Leave a Relationship

Emotional detachment is the process of limiting or avoiding situations or people that cause stress. It’s also the act of setting and keeping strong boundaries to protect our mental and emotional health. When relationships become disproportionately stressful, we may choose to detach. This helps insulate us from intense emotions and future stress. Voluntary detachment doesn’t [...]

2021-12-16T13:38:00-08:00

Respectful Disagreement: How to Agree to Disagree in a Relationship

Sometimes, we don’t see eye to eye in romantic relationships. Disagreement about the inner workings of the relationship or personal views may cause conflict. We may believe that conflict resolution is only possible if both parties reach a unanimous agreement. However, in healthy relationships this is not the case. It’s possible to successfully navigate issues [...]

2021-12-14T08:40:00-08:00

How to Deal with Empathy Fatigue

Pandemic, loss, social injustice, racial violence, uncertainty, natural disasters, deadly accidents, division. This describes the last two years for most of us. Whether we’ve lived it, or watched events unfold through ever-present phone screens, we’ve undoubtedly felt the emotional impact. For many of us, we’ve poured empathy out in excess. Maybe we supported our loved [...]

2021-12-12T08:19:00-08:00

Raising Caring Children: The UCA Way

The well-being of children is one of our core values. At UCA, we want to ensure all children have the resources they need to become healthy, caring humans. Supporting their basic needs and fostering emotional intelligence is one of our passions. That’s why we offer a selection of helpful, child-centric benefits for UCA members, like: [...]

2021-12-08T08:41:00-08:00
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