Amy Enkling

March 22, 2020

Anxiety and Stress, Trauma, Relationships, Self Empowerment, The Relationship With YOU

6 Tips to Help You Breathe Amid Chaos and Coronavirus

Amy Enkling

March 22, 2020

Anxiety and Stress, Trauma, Relationships, Self Empowerment, The Relationship With YOU

6 Tips to Help You Breathe Amid Chaos and Coronavirus

It feels like forever. It feels like the world has gone mad, and that we will never recover. But, this will not last forever. Here are some tips to help you breathe right now, even while facing Coronavirus.

Amy Enkling

July 18, 2019

Trauma, Relationships, The Relationship With YOU, Anxiety and Stress, Depression, Couples Counseling, Grief and Loss

Coping With A Loved One’s Trauma—How can you help?

Amy Enkling

July 18, 2019

Trauma, Relationships, The Relationship With YOU, Anxiety and Stress, Depression, Couples Counseling, Grief and Loss

Coping With A Loved One’s Trauma—How can you help?

In attending a seminar on trauma at the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA) annual conference last year, one statement stuck with me:

Amy Enkling

June 19, 2019

Anxiety and Stress, Body Image, Depression, Personal Growth, Self Empowerment, Self Esteem, Career and Work, The Relationship With YOU

Counselor’s Motivational – – How to not get caught in the comparison trap

Amy Enkling

June 19, 2019

Anxiety and Stress, Body Image, Depression, Personal Growth, Self Empowerment, Self Esteem, Career and Work, The Relationship With YOU

Counselor’s Motivational – – How to not get caught in the comparison trap

Comparing yourself to others can make you feel stressed, anxious, depressed, and many other bodily symptoms that can be connected with your mind or thoughts.

Amy Enkling

April 10, 2019

Anxiety and Stress, Body Image, Career and Work, Depression, Personal Growth, LIfe Transitions, Self Esteem, The Relationship With YOU

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

Amy Enkling

April 10, 2019

Anxiety and Stress, Body Image, Career and Work, Depression, Personal Growth, LIfe Transitions, Self Esteem, The Relationship With YOU

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.

Amy Enkling

March 27, 2019

Personal Growth, The Relationship With YOU, Depression, Anxiety and Stress, Body Image

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

Amy Enkling

March 27, 2019

Personal Growth, The Relationship With YOU, Depression, Anxiety and Stress, Body Image

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

Amy Enkling

January 10, 2019

Personal Growth, The Relationship With YOU, Self Esteem, Life Transitions, Grief and Loss, Depression, Anxiety and Stress, Anger Management

A Counselor’s Review On Revenge—Done right

Amy Enkling

January 10, 2019

Personal Growth, The Relationship With YOU, Self Esteem, Life Transitions, Grief and Loss, Depression, Anxiety and Stress, Anger Management

A Counselor’s Review On Revenge—Done right

We may have been, “stabbed in the back” or feel like we’ve been wronged. Someone may have gotten the promotion at work that we were aching to get. We could have been cheated on in a relationship, or just been, “done wrong”.

Amy Enkling

December 27, 2018

Anxiety and Stress, Career and Work, LIfe Transitions, Self Esteem, The Relationship With YOU

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

Amy Enkling

December 27, 2018

Anxiety and Stress, Career and Work, LIfe Transitions, Self Esteem, The Relationship With YOU

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

Amy Enkling

November 28, 2018

The Relationship With YOU, Anxiety and Stress, Career and Work, Depression, LIfe Transitions, Self Esteem

A Counselor’s Review On The Science of Happiness— 10 Tips from Positive Psychology’s Theory of Well Being

Amy Enkling

November 28, 2018

The Relationship With YOU, Anxiety and Stress, Career and Work, Depression, LIfe Transitions, Self Esteem

A Counselor’s Review On The Science of Happiness— 10 Tips from Positive Psychology’s Theory of Well Being

I was thrilled at the above topic of presentation by Sushama Kirtikar, a fellow counselor, at our monthly Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association meeting. Although we mostly are counselors in private practice, and are small business owners, we don’t sell anything. Yet

Amy Enkling

November 8, 2018

Couples Counseling, Life Transitions, Codependency, Career and Work, Anxiety and Stress, The Relationship With YOU

A Counselor’s Review—Your relationship bill of rights

Amy Enkling

November 8, 2018

Couples Counseling, Life Transitions, Codependency, Career and Work, Anxiety and Stress, The Relationship With YOU

A Counselor’s Review—Your relationship bill of rights

In our graduate school program, It was recommended that we, “sit on the other side of the sofa” for at least a year. This was to give us the benefit of what it would feel like to

Amy Enkling

September 28, 2018

Anxiety and Stress, Depression, Grief and Loss, LIfe Transitions, The Relationship With YOU, Self Esteem

A Counselor’s Review On “Ghosting” – – It isn’t just for Halloween.

Amy Enkling

September 28, 2018

Anxiety and Stress, Depression, Grief and Loss, LIfe Transitions, The Relationship With YOU, Self Esteem

A Counselor’s Review On “Ghosting” – – It isn’t just for Halloween.

I‘ve had thoughts of writing a book on relationships. At one point, I thought I would write about all the different ways that relationships I personally had went wrong. I never thought I’d be writing a blog on how people are being stood up.