That’s a very good question that I’ve also been asking myself lately. Spend 5 minutes watching the news and it’s easy to shift into a numb, apathetic, hopeless state! Between the Russia and Ukraine war, the climate crisis, a global pandemic and the ongoing intense division in the US, it’s tempting to allow ourselves …
Please remember, you’re a human – having a very normal human response to a completely abnormal set of life circumstances and the time to be gentle with yourself is now. Lately, I’ve been hearing a trend in my practice. Many of my clients are struggling in this phase of the pandemic where we have …
It’s hard to believe it’s been about a year now we’ve been living under a pandemic. When I think back to this time last year, I was starting to feel a sense of urgency to stock up on supplies not knowing exactly what the coming weeks would bring. Never in a million years did I …
“How’s it been going for you?” I asked my client last week. “These days are hard and wonderful,” he said. The simplicity of that really struck me. He’s right. Duality is profound. Back in March, when Covid kicked into high gear, I scooped up a few items from my office to …
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Has the shine of new years worn off? Feeling like you’re hitting a slump? Does winter have you down? Here are 6 quick ways to “level up” right now! Focus on self-care and shift your thinking and get back on track today! Build a self-care bank: If the foundation of our self-care is in …
I hear my clients say….. “When I’m driving, I am terrified I’m going to be in a horrible accident.” “I fear I’m going to find out I have cancer.” I hear a lot of worry from my clients about death anxiety and health anxiety. These are really scary thoughts that are ultimately about feeling totally …
Anxiety shows up in the strangest ways. It can creep in like a shadow sneaking up behind you, or it can hit you like a lightning bolt with an electrical charge of energy. It can disguise itself as high performance, surging you into action like a “fight” response, or it can paralyze you in a …
The majority of clients who come to see me for therapy are experiencing some form of anxiety. Generalized anxiety, social anxiety, circumstantial anxiety, OCD, panic disorder or PTSD. Anxiety, panic and fear can grow like a monster! It can quickly move from a small, almost unnoticeable annoyance to a pretty large disruptive force in a …