Build a Mental Health Toolbox Using these 13 Tools
I’ve been a therapist for 30 years, and here’s what I know: there are a lot of mental health strategies that work, but few work
Suzanne Manser, PhD
July 20, 2026
Category: Depression
Intergenerational Pain as a Game of Hot Potato
It’s helpful to think of intergenerational pain like a giant game of Intergenerational Hot Potato. Let me explain. When a person has big emotional pain
Suzanne Manser, PhD
June 25, 2025
46 Iffirmations to Change Your Life (nope, that’s not a typo)
One of my absolute favorite mindset-management tools are iffirmations. Nope, not affirmations. Iffirmations. Affirmations are also mindset-management tools. Affirmations are statements that we are trying to get
Suzanne Manser, PhD
September 5, 2022
The COVID Marathon
It’s the beginning of Week 5 for most of us.* Most of us started hitting our wall last week. I heard it from patient after
Suzanne Manser, PhD
April 14, 2020
Choosing Focus to Impact Your Experience
In Don’t Believe Everything You Think, I talk about the idea that although you can’t control which thoughts enter your mind, you can choose which
Suzanne Manser, PhD
April 13, 2019
Self-Acceptance: Getting Past the Troll
Self-acceptance is HARD. As a therapist and a human, I can whole-heartedly attest to this. It is a journey that can take people decades to
Suzanne Manser, PhD
February 16, 2019
Me, My Observer-Self, and I
I picture my observer-self as somewhere around eight inches diagonally up from my right ear. My observer-self is the part of me that notices what
Suzanne Manser, PhD
February 3, 2019
The Value of Values
Bring more meaning to your days, more connection to yourself, by asking: How do I want to show up?
Suzanne Manser, PhD
January 20, 2019
Doing Hard Things
by Suzanne Manser, PhD Choosing to give a public talk. Letting go of a grudge. Stating your needs. Taking a salsa class alone. Returning to
Suzanne Manser, PhD
December 23, 2018
Self-compassion: “The hardest skill”
As a born perfectionist, I have naturally been terrible at self-compassion (the two do not play well together). I still struggle with it, even though
Suzanne Manser, PhD
December 9, 2018