by Kelsey Nimmo | published Apr 26, 2019 | Anxiety, Mindfulness, Stress Management
When I was teaching engineering students at Western Michigan University, I did an exercise midway through the semester where students had to move from one side of the room to another based on agreeing or disagreeing with the provided statement. It was an exercise in...
by Kelsey Nimmo | published Mar 28, 2019 | Mindfulness, Stress Management
In my last article I talked about using mindfulness to expand the tennis ball in the pool or the whale in the ocean. This is one form of resilience. Creating more space between us and our stress is helpful – but not always possible. I stumbled on Bird Box this week....
by Kelsey Nimmo | published Mar 5, 2019 | Mindfulness, Stress Management
A few days ago, a client was telling me about having an especially challenging week; the kind where her toddler was more difficult than usual, work threw in some surprise stress, and managing the household was a struggle. She felt exhausted, overwhelmed, and alone....
by Kelsey Nimmo | published Oct 31, 2017 | Better Sex Series, Couples, Sexuality
Part of the Better Sex Series In the movies, there’s no asking. Two individuals lock eyes, draw closer, and gracefully remove their clothes. It seems effortless – like it’s scripted or something. While this may be a beautiful goal, the problem is that we aren’t always...
by Kelsey Nimmo | published Oct 25, 2017 | Events, Parenting, Skip the Rush Hour
Presentation by Kelsey Nimmo, MA, LLMFT, LLPC, CD(DONA), RYT Part of the Skip the Rush Hour Series A third of women describe their births as traumatic and yet we hardly ever talk about it. Come listen to Kelsey Nimmo discuss what it means to have a traumatic birth...
by Kelsey Nimmo | published Oct 24, 2017 | Better Sex Series, Couples, Sexuality
Part of the Better Sex Series Throughout all of my work with couples, I continue to be surprised at two things. No one seems to know how to talk about sex. And as if that weren’t bad enough, no one seems to know what good sex is. Once I started noticing these two...
by Kelsey Nimmo | published Oct 17, 2017 | Better Sex Series, Couples, Sexuality
Part of the Better Sex Series So you’ve started thinking about what turns you on and what turns you off. You’ve even learned the breaking news that anything can be foreplay. And now you’re thinking: Wow, I really wish my partner knew this stuff. It certainly helps to...
by Kelsey Nimmo | published Oct 10, 2017 | Better Sex Series, Couples, Sexuality
Part of the Better Sex Series It’s not rocket science and it doesn’t need to be a secret. Maybe the problem is that your partner doesn’t seem to want sex as much as they used to. Or perhaps you never really feel in the mood but you have sex anyway because your partner...
by Kelsey Nimmo | published Jul 5, 2017 | Better Sex Series, Couples, Sexuality
Part of the Better Sex Series In the last article of the Better Sex Series, you started to understand what turns you off. Remember that thanks-but-no-thanks system? Understanding how your brake systems work for your sex drive can feel discouraging but keep your head...
