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When we look outside ourselves to others, we dream of what we want, and hope for and think our lives might look like. Even if we consciously know that social media, media in general, distorts and only shows a portion of the people we follow.…

Oh, the angst and heartache that comes from comparisons. If you find it hard to refrain from comparing this moment to past moments, or hopes for future moments, you are not alone. That is why I chose Sadie for the photo on this post, dogs…

There is often so much shame around mental health symptoms, dysfunctional behaviors and beliefs. One of the most important things to me in this work is helping to relieve this shame, through non-judgement and normalization. More often than not these ways of being or coping…

Have you ever noticed how this is true? You can know something from your rational mind, from the adult part of self, AND at the same time believe something completely different at an emotional level? This happens when we internalize negative messaging from childhood about…

Have you ever noticed how this is true? You can know something from your rational mind, from the adult part of self, AND at the same time believe something completely different at an emotional level? This happens when we internalize negative messaging from childhood about…

Stories are powerful. The process of telling our stories is powerful – that is one reason that therapy is so helpful, as is expressing our story through art. The story telling process can absolutely set us free. Then again, it is often the story we…