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I’m Colleen Schuerlein, Founder of Standing Tall Ignting Hope.

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How to Get Out of the Complaint Spiral (Without Pretending Everything Is Fine)

There’s a moment most of us know very well. Someone complains about the thing. The traffic. The group chat. The meeting that should have been an email. The person who took the last cup of coffee and left approximately three drops in the pot, because apparently that counts as “not empty.” Someone else joins in. Then another person has a story. And before you know it, we’re all standing knee-deep in a full-blown complaint fest. For

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The Sunday Scaries: What That Late-Afternoon Heaviness Is Really About

Somewhere in the middle of Sunday afternoon, the light changes and something in the chest goes tight. The day is still there. Nothing has actually happened yet. And a lot of us start bracing for a week that has not arrived. If that is familiar, it is worth knowing how much company there is. In a 2025 Adobe survey of 1,004 full-time U.S. employees, 82% said they get the Sunday scaries, and 31% said the heaviness

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Before We Try Harder: Nervous System Regulation and Our Emotional Well-Being

There is a particular kind of week a lot of us know. Nothing catastrophic happened. The list got done, mostly. And yet by Thursday, answering a simple text feels like being asked to lift something heavy. The usual response to that feeling is to reach for more effort. More discipline. An earlier alarm. A fresh planner. A better morning routine. Some of us have tried all four in the same month. And when the effort does

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