Everyone has the occasional emotional wobble when they lack self-confidence. Sometimes, a lack of confidence can grow and become a real challenge. Whether you often feel powerless or have low self-esteem, these tips can help. They involve easy-to-use strategies that will gradually build your confidence each day. Build your skills Like everybody else, you have…
Parentified children can lead to overly responsible, perfectionist adults. Some unhelpful patterns you learned as a child can be at play in your life today. Learn more about how being a mom can magnify these issues and how to change them. Are you a mom who feels like every option you have is the wrong…
5-4-3-2-1 Technique What are 5 things that you can see? Look for small details such as patterns on the walls, ceilings, floors or other items around you. Maybe you notice how the light reflects off a surface, or an object that you may not have noticed before What are 4 things you can feel? Notice…
What is Compassionate Journaling? Most of us are aware of the age-old technique of journaling. Journaling is an effective way to express emotions, explore inner thought processes and help reduce stress. Compassionate journaling focuses on helping you challenge and reframe negative self-talk and unrealistic expectations you might hold yourself to. Journaling allows you to have…
What is Self-Worth? Self-worth means that you are important and valuable as a person because your core self is unique and irreplaceable. You are as valuable as any other person. Claudia A. Howard broke down human worth into 5 different parts. Those parts as defined by Howard are as follows: All humans have infinite, internal,…
New year, New You, or at least you hope. The holiday season can be daunting, with darker days, holiday shopping, and busy schedules keeping you from optimal emotional well-being. The new year brings a promise of starting fresh. However, how often have you done a “winter cleanse,” but come spring, your goals are forgone, and…
It’s understandable that people who struggle with food, exercise or body image might want to steer clear of considering their body as a pathway to finding peace with food, exercise and body image. Why go to the source if that’s where the battleground continues to wage war? Coping Mechanisms as Breadcrumbs to Deeper Hungers When…
There is an increasing number of people struggling to make it through the workday. Mental health struggles are on the rise, and anxiety and depression are front-and-center for many. It can feel like your mind won’t stop racing as you try to grasp a single thought. Or you feel like you’re trudging through molasses as…
It’s officially 2023, and this means it’s time for New Year’s resolutions. As a goal-oriented therapist, I am all for setting goals for yourself if that’s what you want to do, growth is great! But so many people feel a sense of obligation and expectation to make the new year into something SO special and…
One of the most common questions I get is “what are some good exposures for ___ OCD?” People really resonate with the subtypes of OCD, like contamination OCD, relationship OCD, sexual orientation OCD, pure O, and the list goes on and on. While subtypes exist to provide basic clinical information and to establish a sense…