Small Steps To Feeling Better

Small Steps To Feeling Better

by | Mental Health

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa  This quote caught my eye. What does that mean for us, for the people who struggle to juggle everything on our plates, to move our goals forward but not wipe...
When Excitement Turns To Fear, Part 1

When Excitement Turns To Fear, Part 1

by | Fear

Have your plans for the new year turned on you yet? It’s March. Your good intentions for the year may have faded away by now. Is that critical voice in your head yelling at you? Or have you avoided making resolutions for years now because you tell yourself you always...
Singing in the Shower

Singing in the Shower

by | Mental Health

I’m singing in the shower this morning… but not because I’m happy. I’m singing because there’s a lot of crap going on in the world. COVID-19 pandemic and the slow vaccine roll-out. violence in Washington DC and uncertainty for our country‘s future. So I’m...
Are You Hurting But Avoiding Therapy?

Are You Hurting But Avoiding Therapy?

by | Therapy

Are you avoiding therapy because you don’t want to talk about the past?  I’ve heard people say it before. They don’t want to start over with a new therapist because they don’t want to have to start at the beginning and spend all that time on the past. They just want...
Free Your Voice

Free Your Voice

by | Communication

I have client who has trouble speaking. Sometimes, she says, she doesn’t feel like she’s allowed to talk about certain things. She did not chatter away, as a teenager, processing every conversation, event, thought and endless feelings like I remember doing. I asked...