The Mental Load: The Compounding Weight of Pandemic Stress & the Various Roles We Play
March, 2020: I get a call from my children’s school. They’re closing the school. They’re closing the after-school program. Two weeks and they’ll re-evaluate after that. Two Weeks. Two Weeks! My mind goes in overdrive. But I have to work…but my spouse has to...
You’ll Never Stop Comparing Yourself To Others (But That’s Okay)
Does scrolling through Instagram got you like: My partner is never as thoughtful as theirs…. I’m going to be lonely forever. Another promotion and a side hustle? I’ll never be that successful. They got their PhD?...
Give Yourself an Effing Break. Life is Hard Right Now.
I’m hearing over and over again in therapy sessions right now… “I’m doing all the ‘right’ things but I’m still not feeling very good. What am I doing wrong?” And then just last weekend (after riding the same...
Not Sleeping Well?
A couple of months a caught myself in a horrible cycle. Up late scrolling on the internet, turning my phone off but getting looped in anxious thoughts, dreading the moment my daughter wakes up because I didn’t get enough sleep and I was just dying for a few...
How to Deal When You Can’t Stop Worrying
“I feel like I am going crazy”. “My mind is always on and I am tired of it”. “I don’t know what will happen to us and this is something that kills me inside”. “I am worried about what is going to happen to us”. If you have those thoughts and feel that way,...
Megan Negendank, LMFT
Licensed Psychotherapist
Counseling can help us improve our relationships with others as well as with ourselves. Often when we take the time and space to explore our experiences, we find increased understanding for ourselves and others. This helps us heal, grow, love, and live fulfilling, meaningful lives.
You can find me at Love Heal Grow Counseling in Sacramento, CA and in the community facilitating healthy relationship groups with my husband.
916-572-7412
✉ megan@lovehealgrow.com