We hear it all the time: “Love yourself!” We hear how loving ourselves is the most important, most beneficial thing we can do. But what we sometimes don’t hear, or fail to understand, is how. What is self-love? What does it mean to practice it? How do we begin to do so? Self-love is having […]

Often, we think of perfectionism as good. We see it as a helpful, effective, and useful trait in reaching our ideal life. We believe it is a must-have if we want to go for our goals and live up to our highest potential. We define perfectionism as “doing our best” and see it as striving […]

The year is 2021, and you are still on the fence about whether or not there are benefits to therapy in general, or for yourself personally. Perhaps you have spent a lot of time surrounded by people who have stigmatized therapy, therapists, psychology, or any number of mental health outlets and components. Perhaps you haven’t […]

Apologizing is an important part of any healthy relationship. You may think that the key to a healthy relationship is avoiding any situation that leads to having to apologize at all, but that isn’t true. Yes, it is important to make conscious decisions regarding how our behavior may impact the other person, but the truth […]

Raise your hand if you think dating is hard. Now keep your hand up if you think dating virtually during a pandemic is ten times harder. I have a feeling all of you reading this right now have your hand up. While it is true that dating is hard, and adding a pandemic into the […]

Imagine yourself in an unfamiliar environment. Perhaps it is dark, and you’re having trouble seeing what might be ahead. You probably don’t imagine a feeling of calm associated with this mental image. Probably, you would imagine a pit of nerves in your stomach, as you move through the space on high alert, ready and waiting […]

It is 2021. New Year, New Beginnings… but same old feelings. You might be asking yourself, “When am I going to start to feel better?” Can you believe we just celebrated the holidays during a pandemic? Are you one of those people who thought, back in March, “Oh, this will all be over by the […]

There is a relationship between our thoughts, feelings, and actions. We know that the way we think affects the way we feel and act. And it is usually the way we feel that sounds the alarm that something has to change in our lives. Most often, in therapy, people complain about feeling too anxious or […]