From Awareness to Action: The Emotional Work Self-Help Can’t Do for You
Self-help books, podcasts, and other media have undeniable appeal. They offer language for experiences you’ve struggled to name, frameworks that suddenly make patterns feel coherent, and the comforting sense that someone gets it. For many, this experience can be a...
A Somatic Guide to Understanding Feelings Through Physical Sensations
Emotions don’t just happen in our heads—they show up in the body, often before we have words for them. When we start to notice these physical cues, emotions become less mysterious and a lot more workable. Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with me?” we can shift toward,...
Mindfulness in Exercise: Noticing Your Inner Dialogue
Every person has an inner dialogue. Sometimes you notice it, like when you forget your keys for the hundredth time and think “you idiot!”, but more often it just runs in the background without getting your attention. This inner voice can shape your experience in...
A Musing on Black-and-White Thinking
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...
The Power of Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone
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...
Beyond Reframing: Mindfulness, Presence, and Deeper Understanding
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...