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Secure vs. Anxious Internal Dialogue: How Attachment Shows Up in Self-Talk

By |2025-11-19T09:22:18-06:00November 19, 2025|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry|Tags: , , |

Your attachment style isn’t just about how you relate to other people — it’s also about how you relate to yourself. The voice in your head? The tone you use with yourself? The way you respond when you feel afraid, [...]

Relearning Connection With Yourself: The First Relationship You Heal

By |2025-11-18T14:27:12-06:00November 18, 2025|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry, Emotional Well-Being, Self-Help, Self-Love Therapy Blog|Tags: , , |

We talk so often about improving our relationships — with partners, friends, kids, or coworkers — but there’s one relationship that quietly shapes them all: the one you have with yourself. Before trust, intimacy, or belonging can thrive with others, [...]

Anxiety and Self-Talk: Rewriting the “What If” Story in Your Head

By |2025-11-04T16:40:43-06:00October 31, 2025|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry|Tags: , , |

Anxiety doesn’t always shout — sometimes it whispers. And often, it whispers through self-talk: the internal narration that shapes how we interpret situations, people, and ourselves. For someone living with anxiety, self-talk can quickly turn into a reel of “what [...]

Anxiety and Trauma: Why Fear Stays in the Body

By |2025-11-04T16:40:35-06:00October 28, 2025|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry|Tags: , |

Anxiety isn’t always about what’s happening right now. Sometimes it’s about what already happened — and what the nervous system still remembers. Trauma doesn’t just leave emotional imprints; it leaves physiological ones. Even long after the event is over, the [...]

Anxiety and Marriage: Loving Through Worry and What-Ifs

By |2025-10-23T16:25:48-05:00October 23, 2025|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry|Tags: , , |

Marriage is meant to be a place of partnership, safety, and connection — but when anxiety steps into the relationship, even the strongest bond can start to feel shaky. Anxiety doesn’t just live in the mind; it spills into daily [...]

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Anxiety and Health: When Worry Becomes “What If” About Every Symptom

By |2025-10-23T12:18:05-05:00October 20, 2025|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry|Tags: , , |

A headache isn’t always just a headache when anxiety is in the room. A skipped heartbeat, a random ache, a dizzy spell — suddenly, the mind starts spinning: What if something’s wrong? What if it’s serious? What if I’m missing [...]

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Anxiety and Coping Skills You’re Probably Not Doing

By |2025-10-20T14:18:48-05:00October 16, 2025|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry, Self-Help|Tags: |

When anxiety hits, most people reach for familiar coping tools: deep breathing, meditation, maybe a walk outside. And while those can help, many people with chronic anxiety find that the usual advice falls flat. The truth is, anxiety isn’t always [...]

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The Teen Brain: A Users Guide

By |2023-04-08T21:29:50-05:00August 27, 2021|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry, Child (Play) Counseling & Teen Therapy|Tags: , , |

What's going on in that teen brain? Every so often, you will hear an adult say, "I remember when I was a teen...," and that statement usually is correct before they mention how much the world has changed since they [...]

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Building Empathy

By |2023-04-04T17:24:46-05:00July 27, 2020|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry, Gratitude, Self-Help|Tags: |

One of the best traits anyone can have, I think, is empathy. Empathy is a direct route to the heart of how someone is feeling. Unfortunately, if you aren't in touch with your own feelings, it's impossible to have true [...]

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Self Love Tools: The NEW, Preventative Mental Healthcare Model

By |2023-04-04T17:24:46-05:00May 5, 2020|Categories: Anxiety Stress Worry, Counseling + Psychotherapy, Emotional Well-Being, Self-Help, Self-Love Therapy Blog|Tags: , , , , |

Self Love is essential! The good news is, you're most likely already giving yourself Self Love throughout the day. So, what are the Self Love Tools? It's a preventative mental healthcare model to help you feel content, grounded, peaceful, and [...]

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