by Daniela LaFave | Sep 7, 2019 | Personal Growth
I love making up words to describe things that everyone has experienced. Prepcrastination: Putting off doing something because you keep telling yourself it’s so hard that you need to spend weeks or months preparing for it. In the time you spend preparing, you get... 
by Daniela LaFave | Jul 31, 2019 | All, Mental Health, Personal Growth
This Saturday begins the last year of my twenties. In the spirit of reflecting on another closed chapter, here are some things I’ve been thinking about. The best friends are people who believe good things about you at your highs and lows. Fun is worthwhile.... 
by Daniela LaFave | Jul 28, 2019 | All, Mental Health, Personal Growth
My liberal arts degree paved the way to a career in STEM. But engineers I work with now would sneer if they knew about my previous life as a professional counseling student. Even in grad school, I was always more into reading psych journals than doing exercises with... 
by Daniela LaFave | Mar 13, 2018 | All, Mental Health, Personal Growth
Even if your drinking has never gotten you into trouble, there’s no harm in taking a break from alcohol. Really, anything that gives you pleasure can become addictive if you turn to it too much. I wrote this list because it always seems like there are a million... 