Welcome to the Sanvello blog, where we post weekly articles on topics like anxiety, burnout, sleep, and so much more to help you on your mental health journey. All posts are reviewed by clinicians to provide you relevant and accurate information.
How to find your focus and stay on task
You’re 10 minutes into a Zoom call. Some people have their video off, and you do too. It’s been a long morning already, and you’re making your second coffee to try to stay with it. Then, someone says your name. It is in that one fleeting moment of presence that...
How to cope with loneliness
As a writer, I spend more time alone than not. Under a lamp immersed in a book over a cup of tea. In front of a laptop, toying with phrases until I’m satisfied the words have come together just right. Spending long stretches of time in my own company is a...
How to help a friend struggling with mental health in a pandemic
It’s been a tough year. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of our lives, and it’s taking a toll on Americans’ mental health. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the results of a new survey this week,...
7 tips for managing financial stress
Ever been too nervous to check your bank balance? So have countless others. Financial stress is a real hardship, and one that can take over our thinking. When money is tight, it impacts every aspect of our lives from simple pleasures like grabbing a meal with...
8 strategies for having difficult conversations
Hey there. I'm hearing from many of you expressing the desire to start conversations with people about everything that’s going on. Yet, there’s a lot of anxiety over wanting to broach hard topics but not knowing how or being afraid of getting it wrong. Race...
Are you “doomscrolling” too much?
You reach for your phone to do something simple, like answer a text or set an alarm. But why not just check Instagram real quick? Maybe someone messaged. And then you figure, well I’ll just watch a few Stories. And then a few Stories in there’s a Tweet you can’t...
How to quiet your inner critic
You know the voice. That one in your head that throws little doubts in your path. You’re no good at this. Why even try? Just give up. That little voice questioning our value is our inner critic. But what is our inner critic? First, let’s talk...
How to make a meditation practice stick… for good
Meditation is good for us. It reduces stress, improves our quality of sleep, boosts our compassion, helps us manage anxiety, and positively impacts our life satisfaction. But if meditation is so good for us, why is it so hard to turn it into a habit? Well, making new...