The recent memo from the White House about redefining sex and gender has left a lot of people rightfully angry, scared, sad, and confused. No matter where you might lean politically, the idea of making a policy or declaration that
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Date Someone who has Been in Therapy
As much as mental health professionals try to take the stigma out of seeking therapy, I’ve noticed that people still get concerned about letting new romantic partners know that they have a therapist. Even people who have been helped so
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Get Out of Your Head
Ever have a day where you felt really crappy and had a had time getting out of your own way? You know the feeling…lethargic, lazy, sad, annoyed, etc. Everyone has days like this, but it can be really hard when
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Love Languages for Self-Love
Anyone who has been in therapy with me knows I love Gary Chapman’s “5 Love Languages” and that I reference his book often. If you haven’t heard of it, you can learn more at his website. The basic premise is
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How do you INTEND to grow this year?
It is, no doubt, a cliche to speak about intentions and resolutions this time of year. People get pensive. They become reflective. They reach out to people they have lost connections with. Its a curious thing- this man-made concept of
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Do Something that Terrifies You
Most people shy away from doing things that terrify them. The issue with this is that sometimes scary things must be done. And sometimes scary things need to happen in order to grow. Different things terrify different people. Some folks
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5 Unexpected Things That Happen When you Quit Your Day Job
You did it! You are a complete and utter badass. You took the plunge, the leap of faith and left the security of your day job to pursue your own creative and entrepreneurial endeavor. Congratulations. Here are 5 things that
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When there is no spark to be found…
Everyone has had those days. They are the days when your feelings of depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and fear feel overwhelming and its damn near impossible to see past it. Your thinking becomes very black and white. It is hard to
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Telling your inner critic to Shut the F&^% up!
I can’t go a day without getting really intimate with inner critics. My client’s inner critics, my friend’s inner critics… dare I say, my own inner critic! It usually manifests as really negative self talk that we don’t question and
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Do NOT let the New Year come and go without doing this!
I just did a massive review of this past year. It was beautiful. It was messy. It was painful. It was completely necessary. I usually do a kind of review every September during Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, but
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