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You Can’t Teach Someone To Swim When They’re Drowning

By |2023-04-04T17:25:47-05:00March 8, 2015|Categories: Emotional Well-Being|Tags: , , |

My 8 year old daughter feels very maternal with her younger 3 year old sister, often feeling as if she must step in to correct and teach lessons. I'm often telling her she isn't her mother, and she needs to [...]

My Great Therapy Advice

By |2023-04-04T17:25:48-05:00December 1, 2014|Categories: Emotional Well-Being, Parenting|

This morning when a client told me she needed to learn to keep her emotions under control, I responded with, “Who are you, Elsa?” And then I about died inside, because I thought to myself, “Really? Elsa? Is that the [...]

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I’ve Got an A-Friend In You

By |2023-04-04T17:25:49-05:00November 6, 2014|Categories: Emotional Well-Being|

We have people in our lives for a reason. The closer the relationship to someone, and the more trust we put into someone, the more vulnerable we are with them. Vulnerability is tough because while it’s essential to love and [...]

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Being Misunderstood: What the Wicked Witch of the West can Teach Us About Life

By |2024-11-29T07:48:23-06:00November 1, 2014|Categories: Counseling + Psychotherapy, Emotional Well-Being, Inner Core Friendships|

The Huffington Post is always so timely. If you don't read this online news source, I encourage it. Just yesterday this great article was posted. It shows an interview between Mr. Rogers (whom we all love, right?) and the Wicked [...]

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You Are The Company You Keep

By |2023-04-04T17:25:51-05:00October 31, 2014|Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Meditation + Mindfulness|

Why do we keep doing and feeling the same things over and over again, even when they aren't serving us well in any capacity whatsoever? Oh, the madness! Consciousness is a “here-and-now” experience of focused attention that is fundamentally a [...]

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Made Up Stories: Our Life’s Narrative

By |2023-04-04T17:25:51-05:00October 27, 2014|Categories: Emotional Well-Being, Inner Core Friendships, Marriage + Couples|

Our life script is so automatic, that to change, we need to stop and just be the audience. In our minds, we create our own narrative, which is to say, we create the stories that create our life. This may [...]

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Be The Audience: Examine Your Life From the Outside

By |2023-04-04T17:25:52-05:00October 27, 2014|Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy|

  "It's difficult to be curious and unhappy at the same time." – Mark Williams Much of the change process is about awareness of yourself and others. Consciousness will allow you to take ownership of what is yours so you can change [...]

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Narrative Self: Insert Your Life Story Here

By |2014-09-24T14:53:02-05:00September 24, 2014|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Bipolar, Mood Disorders, Emotional Well-Being|

Your life script is so automatic, that to change, you need to stop and just be the audience in the play of your own life. Observe the writing, directing, production and set design of your own life's play - the [...]

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