Reini Thijssen
Reini Thijssen is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC, LPC) and a certified life coach specializing in supporting pilots and individuals in high-demand professions both within and outside of aviation. She has been a writer for Aero Crew News since 2019 and covers various aviation-related topics concerning life- and career changes, relationships, and overall mental health. Reini is in private practice at Emerald Mental Health. She offers online mental health support to adult individuals and couples coping with a wide range of challenges, such as anxiety, burnout, grief, and stress. For more information and questions, contact [email protected] or visit www.emeraldmentalhealth.com.
Saying No – Why It Is Important and How to Do...
How do you say no without hurting anyone's feelings? Why is saying no so tricky? Why do you say ′′Fine," when you feel that...
Start Today: Improve Your Self-Confidence
A lack of self-confidence is common. Low self-esteem can affect your motivation and can be damaging to your overall mental well-being and quality of...
How to Respond to Hurtful Comments
Unsolicited advice, prejudices, toxic positivity, or 'funny' comments are among the many ways in which family, friends, coworkers, or even strangers can verbally hurt...
How Understanding Your Attachment Style Helps Improve Relationships
Some people enter a serious relationship easily, while others have a more turbulent love life. The different types of attachment styles may help explain...
From Good Idea to Good Habit
Do you want to set new goals for the new year? Research shows that most new year's resolutions do not make it into a...
Preventing Burnout
Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion and is a reaction to prolonged stress. The risk of burnout increases after months...
What is coping?
Dealing with problems and finding your coping style
Everyone around has their automatic responses to problems. Everyone handles stressful situations, such as work pressures, physical...
How to Tame Your Impatience
Being impatient is one of the hallmarks of our time. Daily, we receive mixed messages on the subject. The idea that we should adopt...
Overcoming Feeling Like an Impostor 
You have a good education, a job people look up to, and everyone praises you. However, is there this voice in the back of...
The Power of Failure – And How to Cope
Everyone experiences failure at some point in their lives – failing a checkride, failing that interview, or a failing relationship. Though everyone experiences failure,...
