Blog

TGIF | Practicing What I Can Control: Joy is Our Revolution
Deep Healing modalities Kerry Biskelonis Deep Healing modalities Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | Practicing What I Can Control: Joy is Our Revolution

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry addresses the collective anxiety and emotional dysregulation many are currently experiencing. She contrasts "fear mode," a state of nervous system activation driven by stress and a lack of safety, with "heart mode," a grounded and open state associated with love, compassion, and intentionality. Kerry highlights the importance of letting go of the illusion of control and surrendering to the present moment. Joy is not found in external achievements or certainty but in mindfulness and the deliberate choice to focus on gratitude and love.

Read More
TGIF | Finding Peace in Chaos: How to Ground Yourself and Help Others During Uncertain Times
Kerry Biskelonis Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | Finding Peace in Chaos: How to Ground Yourself and Help Others During Uncertain Times

As we approach a major election, the world feels unstable, tenuous, and chaotic. Many of us feel restless and anxious about the future. In this week’s TGIF, Kerry explores how we can cultivate personal peace, even amidst uncertainty, and use that peace to support those around us. Stay with us…I think you’ll be able to take bigger breaths by the end.

Read More
TGIF | How to Heal Yourself Through Feeling More of the Good
Deep Healing modalities Kerry Biskelonis Deep Healing modalities Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | How to Heal Yourself Through Feeling More of the Good

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares about the intrinsic balance of pleasure and discomfort that come with true healing. “Pleasure is necessary for our growth and healing journeys. Sometimes, we can get so caught up in the grief, pain, and suffering of our experiences that we even denounce pleasure, like we’re not worthy of it or it feels too out of reach.”

Read More
TGIF | The Universal Struggle of Knowing Ourselves
Kerry Biskelonis Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | The Universal Struggle of Knowing Ourselves

"The significant learning was this: if we keep chasing a version of ourselves that we think will finally be enough to matter, we’ll miss letting ourselves and others enjoy who we already are."

In this week's TGIF, Kerry shares the story and unfortunately common experience of identity, who we are, and how (or whether) we allow others to see our true selves.

Read More
TGIF | The Importance of Authenticity in Adult Friendships
Kerry Biskelonis Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | The Importance of Authenticity in Adult Friendships

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel back home to Chicago for my high school reunion. Initially, I did not want to go, and I physically contracted at the idea of it. “Why go back to a place where judgments ruled? Why subject myself to the opinions of people that really don’t matter to me?” were the anxious thoughts running through my head.

And yet, I attended. When I got out of my head and decided on the intentions of connection and joy, I reprogrammed my own expectations. And here’s the thing that surprised me: I didn’t want the night to end.

Read More
TGIF | The Power of Co-Regulation
Kerry Biskelonis Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | The Power of Co-Regulation

“Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?” In this week's TGIF, Kerry revisits the topic of co-regulation. As parents, leaders, teachers, partners, friends, or simply just as humans - understanding that your energy is truly contagious and how to regulate is a powerful tool that impacts our greater communities. Remember that regulated does not always mean calm, it means resilient

Read More
TGIF | Respecting Our Differences
Foundational wellness Kerry Biskelonis Foundational wellness Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | Respecting Our Differences

This week's TGIF is inspired by the beautiful and wise lesson from an Irishman:

"See, in life, you’ll encounter this often. We may be looking at the same thing, but what we perceive and then interpret as fact can be quite different. We cannot judge another’s experience or opinions until we see through their lens.

Read More
TGIF | The Key to Health is in Your Nervous System
Foundational wellness Kerry Biskelonis Foundational wellness Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | The Key to Health is in Your Nervous System

This week, my friend Dr. Aarti Soorya talked to our team about her holistic health and well-being perspectives. As the founder of Reset Brain and Body, most of what she shared was not new to me; instead, she validated everything Reset is built upon. I told the team - this is our why - this is a call to remember why we exist and operate in the mental health field the way we do. It was inspiring and educational and a great way to spend time together. So today, I want to refresh you, too, on why mental health is, in fact, all about nervous system health.

Read More
Finding Presence: A Guide to Showing Up in Your Life
Deep Healing modalities Kerry Biskelonis Deep Healing modalities Kerry Biskelonis

Finding Presence: A Guide to Showing Up in Your Life

This week, I was reminded of the art of showing up in our lives. Re-reading a familiar book and discussing themes with clients was a gentle nudge to activate presence in my life. Over the weekend, we traveled to Lake Michigan to visit family. There were so many moments of awe: meeting my nephew for the first time, catching the sunrise over the water on a run, capturing my son’s reaction as the sunset, and listening to my other son’s reactions with the boom of each firework. It’s so easy to miss these moments as we’re stuck in the day-to-day of our lives.

But we don’t need a vacation or holiday to notice the glimmers, the special moments of each day. We need to reorient how we show up in this life.

Read More
TGIF | Back to School Blues: Navigating Parental Guilt and Finding Joy
Kerry Biskelonis Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | Back to School Blues: Navigating Parental Guilt and Finding Joy

Back to school brings mixed feelings. I am grateful to have my kids in a loving community with supportive teachers and peers. I feel relief that the house is yet again quiet from 8am - 3pm, no longer working from a guest bed with the sound machine on to muffle the sounds of boys wrestling and demanding snacks. I also feel pressure to be present and “on” in a new and profound way from 3:30 pm - 8 pm as my kids are now gone most of the day.

The truth is, there’s a twinge right under the fatigue and relief and gratitude of, you guessed it - a story of guilt.

Read More
TGIF | Conquering Rejection Sensitivity: A Guide to Resilience for Anyone and Women with ADHD

TGIF | Conquering Rejection Sensitivity: A Guide to Resilience for Anyone and Women with ADHD

Most people are susceptible to fears of rejection. When I work with clients, drilling down our thoughts often leads them to conclude that, at the core, they are afraid of being unloveable, alone, and abandoned. Threats of rejection trigger these deep fears.

Interestingly, for women and girls, rejection fear is heightened when you throw in an ADHD brain. Called Rejection Sensitivity, women with ADHD have more of it due to a mix of brain chemistry, emotional challenges, and past experiences.

The thing is, people with ADHD often struggle to regulate their emotions, so even small social interactions can feel intensely personal. This sensitivity can be traced back to childhood experiences of rejection, like bullying or harsh criticism, which condition the brain to expect rejection and react strongly to it.

Read More
TGIF | How Simone Biles and the Olympics Highlight the Vital Connection Between Mental Health and Peak Performance
Sports Performance Coaching Kerry Biskelonis Sports Performance Coaching Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | How Simone Biles and the Olympics Highlight the Vital Connection Between Mental Health and Peak Performance

This year marked the first time in many that I intentionally sat down to watch the Olympic Games. The thrill of the women's soccer matches, track and field events turned our living room into a stadium, and then there was "breaking," a fresh addition to the games.

But where the U.S. truly shined—exemplifying resilience, compassion, empowerment, and awe-inspiring talent—was in gymnastics. Let's pause for a moment honor the GOAT, Simone Biles, and what she's taught the world as a springboard to dive deeper into the importance of mental health in physical health.

Read More
TGIF | Reconnecting with Yourself: How Somatic Therapy Can Heal Your Attachment Wounds
Somatic therapy Kerry Biskelonis Somatic therapy Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | Reconnecting with Yourself: How Somatic Therapy Can Heal Your Attachment Wounds

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares how somatic therapy and body-based interventions can be supportive resources for healing attachment wounds. Attachment wounds can show up in all sorts of ways – difficulty trusting others, fear of intimacy, or a constant feeling of being on guard. But the good news: these wounds can heal.

Read More
TGIF | Finding Happiness: From People-Pleaser to Self-Trust
Anxiety Therapy Kerry Biskelonis Anxiety Therapy Kerry Biskelonis

TGIF | Finding Happiness: From People-Pleaser to Self-Trust

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares how we can step out of people-pleasing, solution-fixing, advice-giving, and return to ourselves and our own happiness through practices such as gratitude, boundaries, finding joy and forgiveness. “Our natural instinct is to want to restore harmony. But what happens when this constant state of "fixing" leaves us feeling drained, resentful, and even a little lost ourselves?”

Read More