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Health at Every Size
Throughout my adolescence, our family moved around a lot. Each new town brought the anxiety of meeting a whole new class and group of people. I imagine for any new kid in the class, so many thoughts are running through their mind. For me, those thoughts surrounded how...
Supporting Our Kids
As a parent, you are facing a unique set of challenges during this pandemic. You might be working from home or concerned about having reduced hours to support your family. You might be struggling to keep your kids engaged with virtual learning. Your kids might be...
Gut Health + Mental Health with Dr. Blessing Anyatonwu D.C., M.S.
Dr. Blessing ( @drblessinga ) is a Nutritionist & Digestive Health expert joining therapist Alexandra Hoerr to talk about the mind-body connection’s importance, specifically how gut health impacts mental health. They unpack the science behind it and easy,...
First Class Anger
His name is Erik. He is approximately twelve or thirteen years of age and he possesses a special gift. At one point in time, he is separated from his mother and she is locked behind gates. Erik uses his gift of manipulating metal to open the gate until he is subdued...
Avoiding Burnout
I don’t know if it’s COVID, the current political climate, my own workload at the moment (my guess is, it’s a combination of all of those things), but I feel like I’m seeing burnout left and right. Whether you are a therapist, a lawyer, a parent, a medic, a student,...
Window of Tolerance: Hyper-arousal
Not too long ago, I wrote about the Window of Tolerance. The Window of Tolerance is the space where we feel “just right” for managing our feelings and experiences. When we don’t feel physiologically overwhelmed, and can therefore be our best selves. Since then, we’ve...
Knowing Your Needs
Feeling “needy” is my worst nightmare--I fear being “too much” or too dependent. Somewhere along the line, I started believing this faulty narrative that being “needy” is a bad thing. It’s been a pretty ingrained narrative for the better part of my life, and it hasn’t...
Respect and Compassion Within Interactions
If you spent any time around people over the course of 2020, you likely found yourself in the midst of several tense conversations. How you respond is typically ingrained in you over time as you have gained more and more experience in communicating. The unfortunate...
Self-Care in Unprecedented Times
2020, a year of unprecedented and uncharted territory. At the beginning of the new year, we ushered in a new decade and celebrated what we hoped to be a fresh start. We didn’t know what it would entail, but as the year has unfolded, many of us have found ourselves...
Relationships…Choosing Wisely or Unwisely?
When reflecting on and taking inventory of an unhealthy or failed relationship, , do you focus mostly on what the other person did wrong? Do you have a tendency to overlook or deny your role in cultivating these unhealthy relationships? Regardless of how you answer...