mindset shift – Suzanne Manser, PhD

Locus of Acceptance: Who gets to decide if you matter?

“Locus of acceptance.” I used this phrase with a patient the other day, and I kind of love it. I think I made it up.

Suzanne Manser, PhD February 17, 2025

The Art of Letting Go

I’ve been a therapist for over 25 years, and in my experience, there are two things that humans are extraordinarily bad at: self-compassion and letting

Suzanne Manser, PhD March 26, 2024

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

5 Steps to True Self-Care

What do you think of when you think of “self-care?” A couple of glasses of wine at the end of the day whilst mindlessly scrolling

Suzanne Manser, PhD March 1, 2022

Tips on Life from a New 50-Year-Old

Remember when you were a little kid, and you just assumed that adults knew what they were doing? That was a comforting feeling. And then

Suzanne Manser, PhD January 26, 2022

How To Go with the Flow, for Those of Us with Anxiety

The Anxious Approach Those of us with anxious brains tend to go through life with a white-knuckle grip on it. We like structure, we like

Suzanne Manser, PhD September 28, 2021

Alternatives to Dieting

Wanna guess what my opinion of dieting is? Yep, exactly. It is all kinds of hope wrapped up in a shiny package that wears off

Suzanne Manser, PhD March 8, 2021

Getting Comfortable with Discomfort

“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” -Flip Rodriguez, American Ninja Warrior Somehow, we have gotten a very dangerous idea in our heads. We, as a society,

Suzanne Manser, PhD September 18, 2020