Awareness

Cognitive, bypass

As I’ve dived deeper into my psyche in therapy as well as in one intensive psychotherapy training after the next, I’ve also learned...

Kind discourse.

These days, social media allows us to share our beliefs and causes to a large audience at any time. Certainly, it has its advantages, but...

Positive vibes only?

Focusing only on the positive aspects can be a trap. “I want to move but, I have a really great job here.” “I’m sad a lot in this...

Resilience used wisely.

The goal of building resilience and grit is not so that you can further endure destabilizing (often referred to as ‘toxic’) people and...

Loving someone means being willing to engage in healthy conflict with them.

There are a lot of reasons we avoid conflict, the obvious being that it just doesn’t feel good. It can also be an outdated strategy from...

The harder things are, the more self-care is needed.

The more complicated, difficult, oppressive, and taxing life is for you: the more time & energy you need in self-care practices that...

Healing the Past in the Present

We can change the distorted beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world through active, intentional mindful awareness of our internal...

Using Somatic Therapy to Change & Heal

The brain utilizes our past experiences to provide information on how to interpret our emotions in the present. The brain is really good...