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…
Have you ever felt like you are caught in the middle of something? Not necessarily between two people but between two destinations (point A and point B)? A lot of the circumstances that we face in life are those that have the potential to leave us feeling caught. I’m not quite sure if you are following me yet so let Read more…
“When the pressure to change reduces, the potential for growth increases” When it comes to self-improvement in our culture, we have images of the refiner’s fire or the amount of pressure and heat required to change carbon into diamond. I think that’s great for elements and minerals, but as humans, I think frequently our reaction to pressure does not always Read more…
