Your Critical Inner Voice

What does your internal critical voice say about you? What do you hear? If you listen, you might hear an overly critical voice. What is an inner critical voice? A critical voice can say, “I can’t do that!” A shame based sense of self means being...

Stress and Anxiety

Life events trigger your brain to release certain chemicals. Your brain is capable of releasing seratonins, dopamines, and panic inducing chemicals. When there is a great deal of daily stress, like being a parent, working, dealing with loss, etc. the brain is...

The Art of Listening

As a therapist, you can imagine the importance of being a good listener.  Listening is a must-master skill for this profession, and it is not one that we humans are born with, but rather, it is learned.  Most people would agree that listening is a vital skill during...

Change is Necessary

Change is constant year after year, from the moment of birth. We grow as we learn and take in information based on life experiences. Change is necessary and normal. Have you walked passed your reflection in a store window, caught by your own eyes looking back at you?...

Cutting: Why People Self-Harm

This is an uncomfortable topic for most folks, but it is very important not to shy away from it whether you struggle with cutting or self-harm yourself, or if know someone who does.  There is a lot of stigma surrounding this topic, many myths, and the subject matter...