I am shattered by the brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Botham Jean and so many, many others at the hands of the police. As a white woman, I recognize my privilege in being able to witness this horrific injustice and not experience it. I recognize that this brutality is only one […]
How Can Therapy Help Right Now?
There is no doubt that what we are currently experiencing a collective trauma. Our experiences may vary depending on how the coronavirus is impacting our daily lives, but we are all affected. I’m finding that in this stressful time my clients are valuing even more the time they set aside for us to focus on […]
Why Self Care Is The Most Important Thing Right Now
Our world has changed. If we are to meet the coming challenges we must have internal resources to draw upon, both emotional and physical. The only way to build and maintain these resources is to care for ourselves well. Self care is our first and most important task. We are all experiencing significant stress, we […]
How to Address Your Partner’s Sexist Behavior or Comments
One of the serious issues women face in life is sexism; sadly, we’re not taught how to see it, react to it, or correct it. For heterosexual women, sexism is a problem they will likely face throughout their relationships. Being raised in a patriarchal society, women are taught that they are inferior to men through […]
5 Daily Self-Care Exercises for Survivors of Abuse
Unfortunately, being a survivor of trauma or abuse is exceedingly common. According to the National Children’s Alliance, nearly 700,000 children are abused in the U.S. annually. And according to the Center for Disease Control’s 2017 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, nearly 1 in 4 adult women and approximately 1 in 7 adult men […]
How Counseling Helps With Anger
Anger is a normal human emotion. Just like any other emotion, it gives us information. It tells us something needs to be different either externally or internally. It is possible to feel angry and make a choice to honor our feelings and advocate for ourselves while being respectful toward others. Sometimes, the […]
When You Feel Alone
We’re facing a new chapter in this country and many of us are feeling less safe, less supported and more fearful. Unfortunately, this external threat magnifies the pain and vulnerability that go along with any internal struggle we may be facing. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, relationship troubles, parenting challenges, gender […]
On Emotional Boundaries and Gated Communities
Emotional boundaries are limits that keep us safe. They represent the bottom line of what we will and will not accept or do. Healthy emotional boundaries keep us mindful of our responsibility to ourselves and keep us from feeling responsible for others’ feelings. They let us know who we should let in (and […]
Balancing the Wheel of Life
Know yourself to improve yourself. ~Auguste Comte Too often we find ourselves unhappy with an area of our lives but unsure of how to improve it. Or maybe we have some ideas, but implementing them feels overwhelming. The Wheel of Life can help. It is a coaching tool for understanding which areas of your life […]
Small Changes Lasting Results
People think that you have to do something huge, like go to Africa and build a school, but you can make a small change in a day. If you change Wednesday, then you change Thursday. Pretty soon it’s a week, then a month, then a year. It’s bite-size, as opposed to feeling like you have […]
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