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How to Increase Happiness!
How can you increase happiness in your life? Well, happiness does not just "happen". Increasing happiness is a skill and an on-going process. While people can be born with different temperaments and dispositions, for most of us, being happy requires a bit of work....
CBT Can Silence Your Inner Critic
Shhh...quiet...listen. Hear that? No? Listen again...that inner critic you carry around with you in your head. Creating anxiety, doubt and worry. Increasing irritation, frustration or anger. Contributing to sadness, hopelessness or despondency. We all have...
On Loneliness…
Feeling outside, distant, disconnected. Feeling "other", different, singled out. Feeling frightened, unsafe, unsupported. Feeling less than, not good enough. Feeling somehow bad or wrong. And for all these reasons, feeling a deep and lasting loneliness. After 20...
The “Write” Way to Happiness!
I love to write. Always have and likely always will. Before I became a counselor, I was a copywriter. I wrote ads for radio and for advertising agencies. While I loved the opportunity for creativity, the advertising world didn't fit my personality well, and I...
365 Opportunities …
So we've settled into 2019. What will this new year bring for you? I saw a quote that resonated with me; "What will the new year bring? ... 365 new opportunities". Opportunities for growth. Opportunities for change. Opportunities to heal. Opportunities for...
One Counselor’s Thankful Heart…
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. - Albert Schweitzer I am often asked this about my work as a mental health counselor; "How...
Five Steps to a Healthy Holiday Groove!
Soon...very soon...the "season begins". For some with young children "it" may have already "begun". While it doesn't have a formal name, you know the season I'm talking about...let's call it the "Season of Overindulgence". It starts with the sugar and spice and...
Life is…
Life is....______________________. How do you finish that sentence? Life is amazing? Life is overwhelming? Life is a problem to be solved? Life is an exciting journey? Life is long...it's short...it's unfair...it's wonderful...it's exciting...it's scary? Here's...
What if you were already enough?
I was listening to a guided meditation today; one that was gentle, soothing, relaxing and one that ultimately brought tears to my eyes. The meditation instructed listeners to simply, "be...receive...give thanks." It stated, you were "born worthy" and that needing to...
A Summer to Learn…to Grow… to Share…
…I find that if you listen to your soul, you will always find the inner knowing that guides you forward on your path.
