Posts by Victoria Albina
Learn How to Enter Emotional Adulthood
Our inner child is that child part of us that continues to inhabit us into adulthood and can guide us to act in ways that we may not love as adults. When we don’t learn to regulate our emotions as children, we can carry those lessons of feeling disappointed or anxious into adulthood. When we’re…
Read MoreEp #24: Emotional Adulthood
As adults, we sometimes do things that seem totally out of alignment with our grown-up sensibilities. Like flipping someone off in traffic, or having a meltdown about missing the train that’s supposed to take you to yoga class, or snapping at your family for being vaguely annoying. These are great examples of moments where we…
Read MoreEp #23: Emotional Childhood
If you’ve spent any time around kids, you’re probably familiar with their general fear of being in trouble, getting yelled at, etcetera. Think of a kid sneaking some dessert before dinnertime – they’ll claim that they didn’t, even with crumbs all over their faces. In response to their fears, they don’t take responsibility for their…
Read MoreAre You Ready for Change?
Thank you for joining me for the very first episode of Feminist Wellness. I am excited to be here and excited to help you take back your health; not just to Band-Aid your symptoms, but to get at the root causes. The good news is I’ve been where you are and I know that transformative life healing change is possible… yes, my love, even for you.
Read MoreCourageous Action: How to Find Your Courage
Courage. It takes courage to look at your life and to say, “I want to do this thing differently,” and to then take the steps needed to get you there. Because without taking new actions, how can you live the life of your dreams? Same old thoughts, same old feels, same old actions, same old…
Read MoreEp #22: Inner Child
If you’re an adult existing in this world, you’ve probably had a full-on temper tantrum at some point – one worthy of any toddler. Afterward, you might have even been bewildered at how upset you felt and why you had such a strong reaction, often to things that are actually pretty mundane: your boss ignoring…
Read MoreEp #21: You’re a Human Being Not a Human Doing
Self-care and self-love are some of today’s biggest buzzwords. These concepts, while useful at their core, have become associated with an external state: laying on a beach, unbothered by work or the rush of everyday life, soaking up nature (and maybe a fancy drink). It looks pretty nice, but this idyllic (and expensive!) depiction can…
Read MoreEp #20: Expectations and the “How-To” Guide to Other Humans
When people don’t act just the way we want them to, it can leave us feeling frustrated or neglected and can send us down a path of negative thinking and emotions. Why? Because, consciously or not, we’ve created “how-to” guides for how those close to us should behave and we tie a lot of emotions…
Read MoreEp #19: Coping Mechanisms and Obsessive Thoughts
When we’re young, our brains come up with certain mechanisms to help us live according to our surroundings – or to keep our younger selves safe. However, as we grow up, these coping mechanisms can become less helpful and actually damaging to our everyday lives, making us anxious or afraid of the things happening around…
Read MoreEp #18: Negative Self-Talk
We all say things like “I’m the kind of person who ____” and we fill in the blank with negative attributes like “doesn’t work out” or “could never eat less sugar.” We have this idea of ourselves in our heads and think that those traits are set in stone. In reality, they are not fixed…
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