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 where does sharing and evangelizing cross over? When does your activism become judgment. Is your way of thinking, feeling, eating, moving, doing… the only way? Is it your duty to educate others on how to live? Why is that your job? Notice when you are evangelizing. Before you click ‘share’ or call out another person on their choices or beli

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 relationship but I just care about them so much and I don’t want to be alone.” “I feel a sense of dread walking into my corporate office everyday, but I just make too much to leave.” These are statements I hear from my clients everyday in therapy. In fact, the frequency by which I hear sentiments like these is so often, I’ve begun to notice them ev

There’s a continuum of ‘treat yo’ self’ to ‘discipline yourself’ and being able to find a balance from day to day is what makes it ‘healthy’. This was an aha moment for me during my morning run. It’s extra hot out right now and as I ran slowly on my regular route I thought about how it takes discipline to keep going forward when the conditions are not ideal. I haven’t always have a good relationship with discipline though. Naturally inquisitive, I’ve been pondering my journe

Self-care is so much more than a bubble bath or a walk in the park. Self-care is a way of relating to yourself lovingly, kindly with acceptance. Life is hard enough as it is, factor in trauma, abuse, sexual assault, discrimination, micro-aggressions, disorder eating, body issues, poverty, and/or mental illness etc. and self-care is not just something nice to do for yourself, self-care is essential for your life. So, how can you care for yourself in a way that is truly transfo