by Andrew Schaeffer | May 21, 2025 | Mental Health
In therapy we often talk about the importance of moving beyond black-and-white thinking. It’s natural to seek clarity, clean lines, and simple answers—to know where we stand, what’s right and wrong, what’s good and bad. But this style of thinking can box us in. It can...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Mar 25, 2025 | Fitness, Mental Health
Change is a fundamental part of growth, but embracing it often requires stepping outside of our comfort zones. Whether it’s in our personal lives, careers, or relationships, we build familiar and reliable territory that helps us stay safe, but which may also limit our...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Feb 26, 2025 | Mental Health
Are you familiar with the idea of reframing? In a nutshell, reframing is the process of changing the way you perceive a situation, thought, or problem to view it in a more positive or constructive way. For example, instead of labeling something a “problem” you call it...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Professional Performance Artists Coping with Injury In the world of professional performance arts—be it dance, theater, music, or circus—physical injury is often considered a career-altering event. For performance artists, their body is their instrument, and any...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Nov 21, 2024 | Mental Health, Philosophy
In our fast-paced world, the mantra is often “faster is better.” Medication is fast acting, delivery is same day, exercise promises results in 6-weeks or less, jobs tout opportunities for rapid advancement. In this environment we can lose site of the fact that many...