“We desperately need a more open dialogue about how severely heartbreak impacts our emotions and functioning. And for such discussions to be productive, we have to disavow ourselves of the notion that there is something childish, embarrassing, or inappropriate about feeling severe emotional anguish when our heart is broken because heartbreak is devastating at any age.” –Guy Winch
Continue reading “Breakup to Breakthrough: When Splitting Up is For the Best”
Deepening your understanding of your current boundary needs and setting a plan to honor them is radical self-love.
I hope you are safe and well as we continue to navigate these uncertain and scary times together.
I wanted to take a moment to share a few thoughts/ resources in the hope that it spreads some hope and serves as a gentle reminder that we have the capacity to exercise some control as we go through our days in the context of this unprecedented time due to COVID-19.
You should sit in nature for 20 minutes a day…unless you’re busy, then you should sit for an hour – Zen saying
Our relationship to nature can be a complex one. Exploring more deeply our personal experiences and what constitutes quality time in nature can help us to be more intentional when it comes to prioritizing our mental health and wellness.
Continue reading “Exploring Your Personal Relationship To Nature…”
Something that’s so important to keep in mind is this idea that you matter. We can often look around and experience so much noise around us that it can feel hard to feel a sense of peace and calm inside. It can also feel hard to maintain a sense that we are important and that we matter – to ourselves and to others.
Continue reading “Cultivating Resilience, Self-Belief, and Identity”
We all go through times when we feel ill-equipped to navigate a tough situation or distant from ourselves and others. We might know something’s off but struggle to figure out exactly how to change it or what can be done to produce different results.
Continue reading “Do I need therapy? Maybe. Probably. Don’t we all?”
“Therapy is like a workout for your emotions,” said a client when describing her perspective on the process of therapy. While we shared a little laugh over her insightful comparison, it was interesting to think about the real truth behind it.
What are some of your tendencies when it comes to anger? How can you use anger to help inform important conversations when it comes to the relationships you care about? Continue reading “Exploring Anger…”
Intimate relationships. They are simultaneously capable of bringing intense joy to our lives and causing immense pain. As a therapist, I believe in the benefits of exploring more deeply our relationship patterns and what informs them.
Whether we are dealing with a difficult relationship pattern, stress, anxiety or depression–life has a way of testing our limits.
