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When you lose your way
I got lost but look what I found. Irving Berlin When you lose your way and forget who you are, your beauty, your kindness, your connection to all that is, come back home. There is a trail of...
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Is Your Depression Really Grief?
The following is a list of symptoms associated with major depression: A persistent feeling of sadness Loss of interest Changes in appetite Decreased energy level Thoughts of suicide Anxiety Anger...
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What Ambiguous Grief Teaches Us About The Lingering Effects Of Loss
“I don’t like to use the word acceptance, but I think we can be comfortable with what we cannot solve.” Pauline Boss, Ph.D. Psychologist and family therapist Pauline Boss talks about “ambiguous...
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Missing what you don’t really want
How is it possible to miss something you no longer wanted? Nyozi Adiche “Americanah” We are hungry for what we have grown out of. Mirabai Starr “Caravan of No Despair” It seems so...
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Why Do Most Therapists Care So Much About Your Childhood?
“What’s past is prologue.” William Shakespeare, The Tempest The thing about the past is that it’s not the past. Irish saying People are often deterred from starting therapy because they think...
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Don’t underestimate your ability to handle life’s challenges
Anxiety, anger, or any other negative emotional reaction is often triggered by underestimating your ability to handle life’s challenges and overestimating the severity of a possible negative...
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Ditch Your Assumptions
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” Isaac Asimov “If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they...
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How Abandonment Issues Effect Intimacy
“Finally, I decide I am my own case history, and if I don’t dig in to understand what I am doing, I will be spending the years ahead in a vexing pattern of intimacy and abandonment.” Dominique Browning...
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Divorce and Shame
“We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can’t use shame to change ourselves or others.” ― Brené Brown: I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame...
View ArticleOvercome Victimization and Become More Resilient
Many therapists say you have to let go of the victim role to heal more fully. While that is definitely a good goal, it is also important to understand how you were victimized. Why? Because your...
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