Tag Archives: emotions

Perspective

A friend listens and emphasize, but they won’t always ask the hard questions to help you see the situation from a new perspective and to figure out how to make changes. One way to help yourself is to ask this … Continue reading →

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Authentic Silence of Therapy

The other day a client smiled at me and said, “You are such a Jedi mind trick!”  I laughed because we had spent 50 minutes in near silence. Well, I did. I am comfortable with silence in and out of … Continue reading →

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Happiness

You don’t have to wait for happiness, because there’s no time but now to be happy. You don’t have to go somewhere else, because there no place but here to find it. You don’t have to do something else, because … Continue reading →

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M.E.A.N.

This “portable” mindfulness practice can support you as difficult moments arise at any point in your day. The acronym of MEAN can take as little as a few seconds to a few minutes to complete. Try it out and see … Continue reading →

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Thank you

I texted my father — our first message in months — asking if the link he had sent to an online photo album was real. He said it was. I selected the first photo: Two-year-old me, smiling wide, nestled in … Continue reading →

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