Depression. I have struggled with varying degrees of depression for most of my adult life. There have been periods of time where I didn’t care to wake up the next morning. Days where life was less of a roller coaster and more of an earthquake. Panic attacks that ended...
I can’t tell you how many times this week I’ve encountered an acquaintance, a familiar friend or even a family member who greeted me with a, “Hi! How are you!?” or “Hey! What’s up!?” It is our social norm to ask a question about how someone is doing, but generally...
I believe that working through feelings is an essential part of what it means to be human; yet, one can get hung up on the process to the point where work, relationships, and other areas of life just are not quite the same. In therapy, I hope to intently focus on the...
Mindfulness tends to be a buzz word these days, and for good reason. When we are mindful, we are intentional, thoughtful, and purposeful. The term self-care has also taken the mental-health field by storm, and the benefits of it are significant. Mindful self-care...
We’ve all heard the old adage, “you are what you eat,” and generally we associate it with our physical bodies. We know that eating fast food will spike our blood sugar before crashing hard, making us feel sluggish and bloated. We also know too much junk will show up...
The idea of using rhythm to recover from trauma is a powerful and under-utilized technique. While the idea is little known in our culture, the practice has been around for ages, from Gregorian Chanting in the middle ages, to the first recorded yoga texts in the 11th...
