We are more than our bodies. More than our minds. More than our hearts. We are a complicated array of body, mind, and heart. Unfortunately, I think that we often forget this…and then we forget to focus on the whole. So instead we choose to focus on one part of ourselves at the neglect of the other parts. We all Read more…
“Sometimes I pretend to be normal. But it gets boring. So I go back to being me.” I absolutely love these words. They make me smile every time that I read them. Why? These words are kind of a mantra for me…although, I won’t pretend that I don’t get caught up in the struggle to be “normal” from time to Read more…
Right now, I am sitting outside of a Starbucks near campus sipping on an iced green tea, listening to the music streaming over the speakers, taking in the smell of an impending thunderstorm, and smiling. Grateful for a small moment in my day to refocus. To remind myself that, overall, life is good. I am writing about this moment because Read more…
Phew. I have been writing and studying a lot this week. Yes…it is technically my summer vacation but summer vacation doesn’t really exist when you are a graduate student/therapist. Writing can be such a tedious process (with the exception of this blog, the one place that I feel I can truly just let the words flow). Writing is tedious because Read more…
I cringe when I hear the word weak. It has such a negative connotation…a connotation of failure and unworthiness. I wish that it were the case that hearing that word would be a rare occurrence. But it’s not. In fact, I hear it frequently both inside and outside of the therapy room. We use that word to describe ourselves most Read more…
