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5 Ways to Find a Therapist 5 Ways to Find a Therapist 5 Ways to Find a Therapist How do I find a therapist? That, is the question. Think about the following situation: It’s late at night, and once again you can’t sleep. Your thoughts are starting to get away from you again. Maybe it’s…

How to Cope with Anxiety How to Cope with Anxiety How to Cope with Anxiety What is anxiety? On some level, anxiety is a good thing. Anxiety has allowed humans to survive this long. Our body has a natural alarm system which lets us know if something is going wrong or if something doesn’t feel…

7 Areas to Practice Self-Care 7 Areas to Practice Self-Care 7 Areas to Practice Self-Care Self-Care Self-care is a critical component for living a healthy life full of joy and fulfillment. Unfortunately, we often feel like we are just too busy to be mindful of all parts of ourselves. Practicing self-care is practicing self-love. I’ve…

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Ikigai What do you want to do with your one precious life? I came across this word while working at Toyota. The Japanese language comes…

3 Ways to Reduce Stress Using Mindfulness 3 Ways to Reduce Stress Using Mindfulness It’s another day at work, and you get one of those emails. You know… one of those emails. Maybe the email is from a coworker, or from one of your bosses. Either way, it’s the email that you get about once per day,…

3 Steps to Finding Greater Meaning in Life 3 Steps to Finding Greater Meaning in Life 3 Steps to Finding Greater Meaning in Life What is meaning? What am I truly passionate about? What continues to get me up every morning, when I could just continue sleeping? According to Irvin D. Yalom, “The sole purpose…

Why Do I Keep Making Bad Decisions? Why Do I Keep Making Bad Decisions? Why Do I Keep Making Bad Decisions? Decision Making and Cognitive Distortions Often we know what the right decision is. We know that we need to eat well, sleep more, exercise regularly, work on our relationships, work on ourselves, but for…

3 Common Questions from Parents of Adolescents 3 Common Questions from Parents of Adolescents 3 Common Questions from Parents of Adolescents Are you a parent of an adolescent, who is wondering what types of changes are happening during this season of life? Below are some common questions that parents of adolescents have when they come…

5 Methods to Battle Depression 5 Methods to Battle Depression 5 Methods to Battle Depression Depression is a mood disorder characterized by chronic unhappiness, low energy, and loss of interest in activities, which leads to problems with many aspects of daily functioning. Depression often makes it difficult to generate and maintain relationships as well as…

10 Ways Therapy Can Be Helpful 10 Ways Therapy Can Be Helpful 10 Ways Therapy Can Be Helpful What is the role of a therapist? The primary role of the therapist is to help set the table for change to happen within the client. In this way, the therapist isn’t the person making change happen,…