Growth

Rejection Trauma—6 Ways To Begin Your Healing

Rejection Trauma—6 Ways To Begin Your Healing

How we feel after being rejected, left out, or outwardly turned away by someone, no matter what type of relationship it was, surely is not a good feeling. We all have a need for

Counselor's Inspirational--Finding Yourself Again After Trauma

Counselor's Inspirational--Finding Yourself Again After Trauma

Oftentimes, while working through trauma, interrelated things within yourself that have fallen by the wayside become more apparent. You may start to

The Trauma That Remains – – 8 Ways We Can Let Go of Childhood Bullying

The Trauma That Remains – – 8 Ways We Can Let Go of Childhood Bullying

Trauma that we’ve experienced can sit with us for a long time. The feelings of fear, guilt, anxiety, depression, low self worth, paranoia, feeling

Trauma—6 Tips to Help Us Overcome Oppression and Adversity

Trauma—6 Tips to Help Us Overcome Oppression and Adversity

Since the start of the current pandemic, and in the recent years preceding it, world events have been bleeding into therapy sessions. With more recent events, things are bleeding even more, including many of our hearts. We’ve been

New Year’s Resolution Blog Revisited—6 tips that can help

New Year’s Resolution Blog Revisited—6 tips that can help

With the upcoming year, many of us think about making changes. It becoming a new year can tend to make us wonder how we can make the next year of our life different or better.

Your mental health communicated —It can be a wonderful life!

 Your mental health communicated —It can be a wonderful life!

Sometimes we can misunderstand where someone is coming from. Different cultures are different. The way people express things can sometimes make us take a step back—let’s try to understand.

A Counselor’s Review— 10 ways to silence your inner critic

A Counselor’s Review— 10 ways to silence your inner critic

If you happen to be watching American Idol, this season’s contestants are phenomenally talented!  They each seem to have found their authenticity. It’s a pretty diverse group.  Not all of them realized, as pointed out by the judges, just how good they really are. 

Your inner child – – How it can tell you what you need

Your inner child – – How it can tell you what you need

If you’re not familiar with the concept of your inner child, it’s your original or true self.  It’s that self that is you before life happened.  It’s you before

The Greatest Love of All – – You are

The Greatest Love of All – – You are

Singles Awareness Day, SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), Anti-Valentine’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and now—according to Hallmark—Galentine’s Day.  Whatever it is to you, I wholeheartedly believe

A Counselor’s Thoughts on Indecisiveness – – How can we get through to the other side?

A Counselor’s Thoughts on Indecisiveness – – How can we get through to the other side?

With each new year, many of us ponder on things we might like to change. What do you want to add to your life? What could you benefit from getting rid of? Do you want to