To effectively live well, we must take ownership of our own life. We have to both accept what has happened and look with a plan toward the future.
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To effectively live well, we must take ownership of our own life. We have to both accept what has happened and look with a plan toward the future.
Download it in your favorite podcast player or click on the Sound Cloud link above.
Breaking the Cycle: Healing from Toxic Parenting – Dive into the profound impact toxic parenting has on children’s mental and emotional well-being, echoing into the adults they become! Uncover the telltale signs of toxic parenting behaviors and grasp the correlation between parental psychological abuse and mental health. Empower yourself with effective strategies for breaking the cycle and embarking on a journey of healing from past trauma. This installment marks the second part of an enlightening series, laying the groundwork for future explorations into this critical topic. You can find part one
Let me tell you what this post is not. It is not a slam on video games. In fact, I bought the video game in question yesterday. I intend to play at some point in the next two days. I was in a meeting with a number of other counselors yesterday and one of them…
"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in…
So last week, I set out to do my first 30 day challenge. I was going to listen to a TED talk a day. I made it two days. I failed. Not exactly the auspicious start I was hoping for. In fact, I’ve since cancelled that particular challenge. (Hey, I made it up so I…
If you’re not reading Brené Brown, I think you’re missing out. Ive quoted her here numerous times. The following quote is from her book, “The Gifts of Imperfection” (You can purchase the book by clicking on the banner to the left of my page). “Authenticity is a collection of choices we have to make every…
Conflict is something we all have in life. No matter how good the relationship, people disagree. Typically, we do everything we can to avoid conflict. Some people use aggression to blow the conflict up while others use passiveness and run away. Probably most of us fit somewhere in the middle of those two positions. But…