You’ve probably come across plenty of New Year articles, memes, and videos. Here’s another one, but I want to focus on intention, something I often write about on this wellness and healing platform. Many of us want change in our lives, but it can feel scary because change is uncomfortable. Growth is uncomfortable. I’ve read …
When Doctors Don’t Listen: How Medical Dismissal Can Fuel Health Anxiety
The voices of many can be heard in this blog. Not only have my own experiences and those close to me been a testament to this, but countless women have either fought to have their concerns heard or felt unheard, leaving the doctor’s office. Often, this is due to a lack of time, and often …
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Weathering the Storm
I recently was in a session where the client stated they were waiting for a sense of "normalcy," where nothing in their life was happening. They felt that there had been constant events throughout the last year, which wasn't normal. They mentioned the word "stability," waiting to be stable.Often, analogies help my clients to understand …
Self-Love Equals Self-Care
Looking forward into February, there are many different holidays, daily, weekly, and monthly. We observe Black History month, American Heart Month, and others. There’s Presidents’ Day, we get that day off as a bank holiday, Groundhog’s day and that is shared on February 2nd with Self-Renewal day. But noted, there is the most popularly celebrated …
I decided
Ever so often I hear my clients or friends say this phrase, “I don’t have a choice." I’m always stumped by the statement because it seems as though people don’t realize that they always have a choice. When you are faced with adversity, you might not always recognize all the options in front of you …
What about today?
They say that when you focus on the past you may become sad. When you focus on the future you can create angst. Focusing on either prevents us from the things that are in the present moment. There is so much that goes on around us, can you take time to observe what’s going on …
Play Therapy for Adults?
I often find that when people hear about Play Therapy they think about playing and then the thought goes to children playing. We have many transitions in our lives. More specifically, going from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. As we get older we either say or hear people comment “that’s childish,” or “I don’t do …
What I’ve learned in Life Coaching
A letter from a life leader from Learning Leaders Life Coaching. “I realized not too long ago that when I was alone, I was at my best. When I was around him, I would second guess. Wow!! I would shrink, not shine but make myself smaller when in his presence. Like who I was, could …
Soul and Self Care
After practicing yoga for over 18 years, I truly know the benefit of asanas (yoga poses) and meditation. I didn’t realize how natural it was to bring my yoga practice with me everywhere. For example, I hate going to the dentist, primarily because I personally do not like teeth. But I find myself relaxing my …
Keeping My Balance
My blog began as a way for me to connect to parents. As I've been working with youth and their families for decades, I wanted to write about some of the experiences and give some insight into how children see the world and how we as adults could better connect with them. I rarely write …
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