Cognitive distortions are common ways in which thoughts become skewed, causing people to feel depressed and anxious, among other things.
Benefits of Compassion
Compassion is about being able to get outside of oneself and feel for someone else. There are also some great benefits that are side effects from being able to have compassion for another person.
Changing Our Mind
How we think affects our choices, and our choices impact our behaviors. Our behaviors in turn determine our lives. By applying simple mindfulness techniques, we might find that a change of mind can be our best friend.
Joy In The Mundane
There are moments of joy to be found even in mundane activities. If you so choose, you could make it a mission to detect the joy in even the most mundane of tasks.
When Self Care Feels More Like Work
Good self-care is often less like a bubble bath and more like someone firmly pressing down on our life and heart for the purpose of healing.
Five Calming Techniques for Kids
Next time you notice your child experiencing a big emotion, practice these five calming techniques with them!
Upstairs & Downstairs – A Brain Concept
A concept of the brain that identifies our thinking center as the upstairs of a house & the feeling center as the downstairs.
What is self-care, really?
Self-care needs to be considered a daily practice or it can lead to a cycle of burning out, adding in self care, and burning out again.
People Need to Change
The people we want to change are often not in the counseling room with us. Dare I say that this can often be a rub of individual counseling.
A Random Act of Kindness: What Doing for Others Can Do for You
Acts of kindness can actually affect our brian chemistry resulting in some not-so-small physical, emotional, and mental benefits!
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