The holiday season is a time that promotes rest, love, tradition, reflection, and gathering. While this may be true, the holidays also include grief, stress, frustration, loneliness, and many other emotions. We often have the idea that they will look like the Hallmark imagery plastered across our screens, but the holidays are a mix of […]
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Nov
Nov
The quality of your relationships, how you handle conflict, and what you desire from connection to others are all direct products of your attachment style. Attachment theory proposes that the connection we have with our primary caregiver (or lack thereof) during out first few years of life will determine how we behave in all relationships. […]
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Oct
Oct
A common topic discussed in therapy is control. What it looks like, how it plays out, and the need for it. Control is the act of using power to influence or direct people’s behavior or the course of events used to maintain or increase feelings of safety, security, and capabilities. The desire for control in […]
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Oct
Oct
We Don’t Have All the Answers Sometimes, we feel at a complete loss as to how to help you. This may be our darkest disclosure and what leads us to question our purpose most often. It is also heartbreaking to admit when you can see the desperation on a client’s face as they look to […]
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Oct
Oct
As we enter a new season, one where school started again, the holidays are around the corner, and things are up and running, life may feel overwhelming. What does it mean to feel overwhelmed? The Oxford definition is to be buried or drowned beneath a huge mass. That is a pretty staggering and informative explanation […]
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Sep
Sep
No one can truly know exactly what goes on in the mind of their partner. And for most of us, the guessing game is just a dangerous attempt. But this is often all we are left with, as openly asking for what you need or desire requires significant courage and vulnerability. We are afraid that […]
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Aug
Aug
As we begin a new season, a season of change and transition, what can autumn teach us? Are there lessons hidden in the weather change, the comforting activities of staying in, watching the leaves fall, and wearing more layers? Autumn can provide us with lessons in transformation, balance, mystery, and rebirth. Some lessons to reflect […]
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Aug
Aug
The yin and yang of the human psyche allows for both light and dark emotional experiences. We have the capacity to feel both joy and sadness, peace and anger, hope and fear, desire and disgust, love and hate. We can even feel them all at the same time. There is no limit to the spectrum […]
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Jul
Jul
Self-care is a mix of practices that promote mind-body wellness. Life is not always smooth. When we feel emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted, it can be more challenging to make self-honoring decisions, function at work or home, and leave us feeling worse. A self-care plan reflects your specific needs. Whether it be when you are […]
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Jul
Jul
There are two certainties with the concept of desire: Everyone wants to be both its recipient and its donor. Whether you are seeking an employee or a life-partner, research shows that people are drawn to certain characteristics more than others. You probably have extensive experience in your interactions with different personality types that prove how […]