Writing can be a way to release your feelings of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19. It can serve as a way to seek clarity, decrease anxiety, and feel freedom and peace in a time when things may feel out of control at times. The technique brain dumping is a term popularized by David Allen’s…
Anyone who has a teenager knows that the teenager thinks that they know everything and they need no one’s help. Many parents have had major arguments with their teenagers because they tried to offer the teenager advice about how to handle a situation. I have had many teenagers sit in my office too, saying they…
The term self-esteem is used to describe a person’s overall sense of self-worth or personal value. As human beings, we are meaning makers. Terms like “self-worth”, “self-image” and “self-esteem” are used to describe the way we might make meaningful, the relationship we have with ourselves. I often encounter people who feel that they just don’t measure…
While I was in rehab in Long Beach, California, I was in a very dark place after loosing my psychological practice, my athletic body, and to a large extent my freedom. Returning from an MRI on a gurney, which terrified me because I am claustrophobic; afraid of both MRIs and elevators, a small Chinese woman…
Last month of 2020! Let’s make it a good one! In this context, making it a good one means making the rest of the Holiday Season as magical as they can be, properly wrapping up this year, and setting up the new one for more success… Today’s topic is the first step in putting a…
Boundaries come in all shapes and sizes. Continental plates, country borders, state lines, property fences, locked doors. Then there are other, more nebulous boundaries: meniscus, the plane between water and air; penumbra, the line between light and shadow. In the individual world, boundaries govern the material, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual realms. Boundaries determine to…
“The body is more than simply another machine, indistinguishable from the artificial objects of the world; it is also the vessel of the individuals’ sense of self, his or her most personal feelings and aspirations… ” (Gardner, 2011). A number of my clients struggle with low self-esteem and body image concerns. Indeed, they are not…
The Holiday Season is here! This time of year is usually challenging regardless of how crazy the world is out there. What makes this season usually more challenging is that we trip into it and get sucked into the hecticness. This sets us up for chaos, being stretched too thin, overwhelm, drama, and too much…
What if anxiety was not the problem? Anxiety, it’s painful, it’s annoying, it’s inconvenient, sometimes it can feel downright unbearable. But what if anxiety itself was not the issue? Anxiety is there to protect us Anxiety is an emotion that we all get to experience. It shows up to protect us from some type of…
How to stop procrastination Procrastination is that annoying friend that prevents us from readily starting or completing tasks. It is extremely common, affecting around 20% of the population. It can affect: performance; physical and psychological health; finances; and, is a major cause of stress and anxiety. But if it has a profound effect on our general wellbeing…