5 Facts About Grief
If you are finding yourself sad because you have not been able to meet with friends and family during COVID, if you have been angry your child was unable to have a graduation ceremony or begin college in a traditional way, if you have been depressed with the loss of a job and difficulty finding a new one: you are not alone. What you are experiencing is grief.
8 Steps to the Art of a Good Apology
A good apology is a complicated thing. Today, we will examine some of the key pieces of an effective apology. An apology that will aid in healing, rather than merely putting a Band-Aid over the hurt.
The Importance of Anger after Betrayal
Women, when you have been betrayed through an affair or pornography, you should feel angry. When he does those things, he is breaking his commitment to you. This should anger you, and you should be allowed to express it.
Core Beliefs Are Powerful
What we say to ourselves, and the beliefs we hold regarding who we are contain a great deal of meaning. A loved one said or did something in your childhood that you are trying to forget.
Music Therapy for Dementia
As a child, I remember admiring my Nana in her kitchen. Arms dusty with flour up to her elbows as she rolled out the dough for her famous lemon meringue pie. With hair white as snow, her shrill, boisterous Irish voice and bigger-than-life personality made up for her short stature. She had become a fiercely ambitious, independent and self-reliant woman after she lost her husband decades earlier.
3 Reasons You Don’t Need to Impress Your Therapist
It’s the day of your first therapy appointment. You are nervous. You are unsure of what your therapist is going to ask you. You know you need help, and you are brave for making this step, but you are also terrified about this process.