Simple Steps To Improve Your Mood Library Workshop Dr. Sarah Allen

Simple Steps To Improve Your Mood Workshop

Simple Steps To Boost Your Mood Workshop
Learn Strategies To Enjoy Life More!

Improve Your Mood with Dr Sarah's Workshop

Improve Your Mood Workshop in Evanston IL

Adding One or Two Small Changes A Day To Your Routine Can Really Help To Improve Your Mood!

Everyone experiences stress in their lives. It’s normal. But sometimes it starts to make us feel overwhelmed and irritable and life’s challenges, big or small, become a lot harder to manage! Taking small steps to manage stress and improve your mood though is easy and makes life more enjoyable, and when you think about it, enjoying life is what it’s all about!

All these questions are covered during this fun and informative workshop

How can I feel less stressed?

What do I do if I feel panicky?

How can I stop worrying about …. (my children, partner, work, “to do” list etc)?

You will also learn about:

STRESS – The effects of stress on your brain, emotions, body and behavior and learn strategies to reduce stress

SLEEP – The importance of sleep and ways to relax and improve your sleep.

WORRY – Why do we worry and learn steps to decrease worrying.

Thank you to everyone who came to my recent workshops at Northbrook and Wilmette libraries

Simple Steps To Improve Your Mood Workshop — Simple Steps To Boost Happiness talk
at Northbrook library.

If your organization or company would like me to come to you to present a similar workshop, please let me know.

I hope you find these tips useful. If you would like to read more about ways to improve your mood please take a look at my free booklet below by entering your name and the email address you want the booklet sent to. I also have many articles on ways to improve your emotional well-being on my blog which I hope you will also find helpful .

SIMPLE STEPS TO IMPROVE YOUR MOOD ebook

I see clients in my Northbrook office or for your convenience, via telephone or internet sessions

If you have any questions about how to lead a happier life

please phone me at 847 791-7722 or

email me below

Testimonials

When I had my first baby I had what I now know was postpartum depression but I didn’t get any help. It did go away after about 18mths but it was a miserable way to begin motherhood. When I was pregnant with my second child I started to become depressed again and this time told my OB/GYN how I was feeling and she referred me to Sarah. By starting to deal with how I felt and change the way I was handling the stresses in my life, I was in a much better place when my baby was born. The second time round my PPD was much less severe and didn’t last as long. Sarah was also really helpful in teaching me ways to make the transition of becoming a big sister easier for my oldest one too. My husband came with me for some sessions and that really helped our relationship and we started working on parenting issues together. Sarah’s counsel and support really helped our family transition to the good place we are all in today.

Sara D.

I began seeing Dr. Allen when my first child was around a year old. I had experienced a very traumatic birth, after a difficult pregnancy where I was on bed rest for a good portion of the time. The first year of my son’s life was spent worrying constantly. I also experienced flashbacks to the birth, which was an emergency C-section under general anesthesia. My son was in the NICU for several days following his birth, and I was not given very much information as to why. I remember thinking that he would die, or that something awful was going to happen. I experienced a great deal of anxiety that first year, and I thought that it was due to being a new mom. I wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t eating as normal, and I remember being worried about leaving the house or taking my baby with me anywhere. I worried constantly about illness, germs, etc. The first day that I saw Dr. Allen, she gave me some questionnaires to fill out before we started talking. Then we sat down and talked about my experiences with my son’s birth and the early days of his life, and the year or so since then. I remember to this day the relief that I felt when she looked at me and said that I had PPD and PTSD, which was a result of the trauma I experienced during and immediately after the birth of my son. She explained how my brain had reacted to the stress of these events, and related it to why I was feeling the way that I felt. It made so much sense. Then, she described ways that I could get over the trauma, work through the feelings, and recover from PTSD and PPD. I felt so empowered, and so happy that the way I felt had a name, and that it was treatable. It also made me feel so validated in the ways that I had felt and reacted following my son’s birth. I wasn’t going crazy. My reaction was normal and natural. And with the help of Dr. Allen, and the type of therapy that she uses, I knew I could recover. It is over five years since that first visit with Dr. Allen, and I still use the tools that she taught me today to deal with stress. I credit her with helping me to become a more empowered, happier person.

Elizabeth

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