Wander Woman

Identity

The Greatest Block to Your Personal Growth

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on December 26, 2025

Exploring these six questions with someone will help bypass your self-sabotaging brain to experience a positive personal transformation.

Exploring these six questions with someone will help bypass your self-sabotaging brain to experience a positive personal transformation.

Mindfulness

How to Stay in Love With Life

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on August 15, 2025

How you perceive what is good and bad depends on how you define the world you are living in. This post helps you courageously change your definitions to feel more love for life.

How you perceive what is good and bad depends on how you define the world you are living in. This post helps you courageously change your definitions to feel more love for life.

Happiness

5 Ways to Discover and Deepen What Makes You Happy

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on May 18, 2025

If you know how to experience happiness daily, you accomplish more and your mood spreads to those around you. Use these five steps to create and live your happiness plan.

If you know how to experience happiness daily, you accomplish more and your mood spreads to those around you. Use these five steps to create and live your happiness plan.

Embarrassment

How to Better Handle Embarrassing Moments

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on January 27, 2025

Working hard at decreasing embarrassing moments in your life can stunt your growth. Learn how to rise above, even use embarrassment, to build confidence and enjoy life more.

Working hard at decreasing embarrassing moments in your life can stunt your growth. Learn how to rise above, even use embarrassment, to build confidence and enjoy life more.

Career

A Simple Formula for Making Career Decisions

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on October 19, 2024

To make good decisions, dissect the words you use to describe why you should or should not do something.

To make good decisions, dissect the words you use to describe why you should or should not do something.

Relationships

The Best Way to Connect With Others

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on July 31, 2024

The emotional connection you make with people in a conversation will affect results. Ensure your connection is positive even in difficult conversations.

The emotional connection you make with people in a conversation will affect results. Ensure your connection is positive even in difficult conversations.

Relationships

4 Steps to Create Psychological Safety in Conversations

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on June 10, 2024

People have to feel safe before they trust what you say. You must use your emotions as well as your words to put them at ease. Only then will they openly share their thoughts.

People have to feel safe before they trust what you say. You must use your emotions as well as your words to put them at ease. Only then will they openly share their thoughts.

Persuasion

4 Steps to Open and Hopefully Change Someone's Mind

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on March 5, 2024

Instead of trying to make someone think like you, these steps will show you how to influence someone's views and beliefs using your curiosity and active listening skills.

Instead of trying to make someone think like you, these steps will show you how to influence someone's views and beliefs using your curiosity and active listening skills.

Stress

How to Strengthen the Mind to Deal With Uncertainty

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on January 21, 2024

We can help each other be more comfortable with an unknown future. These questions can relieve stress when the fear of not knowing takes over.

We can help each other be more comfortable with an unknown future. These questions can relieve stress when the fear of not knowing takes over.

Empathy

How Curiosity Can Hurt a Relationship

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on December 7, 2023

Curiosity can improve a conversation or harm it, depending on if you are being empathetic or probing. Learn how to recognize the difference.

Curiosity can improve a conversation or harm it, depending on if you are being empathetic or probing. Learn how to recognize the difference.

Confidence

3 Steps to Embody Your Value and Strengths

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on November 5, 2023

Who you are is more than what you can do. Use this exercise to help you name your strengths from the inside out.

Who you are is more than what you can do. Use this exercise to help you name your strengths from the inside out.

Boundaries

4 Things to Say to Resolve a Conflict

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on September 24, 2023

Practicing emotional choice and using this four-step communication method to set boundaries can reduce conflicts. Clearly asking for what you need also increases your self-worth.

Practicing emotional choice and using this four-step communication method to set boundaries can reduce conflicts. Clearly asking for what you need also increases your self-worth.

Cognition

How to Have the Courage to Grow

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on August 2, 2023

In order to grow, you have to override your protective brain to create more empowering stories to live by. Here are six steps to change your life by changing your mind.

In order to grow, you have to override your protective brain to create more empowering stories to live by. Here are six steps to change your life by changing your mind.

Relationships

Tips for Overriding the Worst Communication Habit

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on June 28, 2023

We often pride ourselves on knowing what people think without fully listening. Overcoming this habit is critical to good communication and creating better relationships.

We often pride ourselves on knowing what people think without fully listening. Overcoming this habit is critical to good communication and creating better relationships.

Cognition

2 Steps to Continually Improve Your Conversations

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on April 30, 2023

Whether you think the conversation will go smoothly or be bumpy, take these two steps each time to improve your odds of getting what you need from your conversations.

Whether you think the conversation will go smoothly or be bumpy, take these two steps each time to improve your odds of getting what you need from your conversations.

Anger

Quit Feeling Guilty About Not Being Present

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on April 1, 2023

The past and future provide vital information, while forcing yourself to be present causes guilt and stress. Examine where your mind wanders to choose how to be here now.

The past and future provide vital information, while forcing yourself to be present causes guilt and stress. Examine where your mind wanders to choose how to be here now.

Self-Esteem

5 Steps for Increasing Your Self-Esteem With Envy

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on February 23, 2023

Even confident people measure their value compared to others. Instead of seeing yourself as less than others, these tips will help you use comparison positively.

Even confident people measure their value compared to others. Instead of seeing yourself as less than others, these tips will help you use comparison positively.

Forgiveness

Stepping Into a New You in the New Year

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on December 28, 2022

Your brain doesn't discern between what you don't want and what you envision is possible. Get clear on what you want the next year to be for you to keep your brain forward-focused.

Your brain doesn't discern between what you don't want and what you envision is possible. Get clear on what you want the next year to be for you to keep your brain forward-focused.

Anxiety

How to Stabilize Emotions in Difficult Conversations

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on November 1, 2022

Emotions you feel throughout a conversation will support or spoil the chance to achieve a satisfying outcome. These 4 steps will help you master your emotional reactions.

Emotions you feel throughout a conversation will support or spoil the chance to achieve a satisfying outcome. These 4 steps will help you master your emotional reactions.

Career

How to Stop Feeling Uninspired and Empty

Marcia Reynolds Psy.D. on September 3, 2022

Are you feeling stagnated and bored? Ensuring these three life elements can help you feel alive and fulfilled.

Are you feeling stagnated and bored? Ensuring these three life elements can help you feel alive and fulfilled.