Vicarious trauma: When we feel the pain of someone else’s trauma
Being on the front line in times of crisis can be difficult and draining. For those in helping fields, these kinds of crises can…
self-awareness
Enjoy the foods you love AND be healthy: Mindful eating
It can be confusing know what healthy food choices are when we often hear conflicting messages. With mindful eating, we can practice listening to our bodies and make choices for ourselves that promote our health and well-being.
How Often do you Care for Yourself?
So, what does actual self-care look like?
From a therapeutic stand point, it means taking care of yourself in multiple ways. It can look like eating well, engaging in mindfulness, exercising, or engaging in spiritual practices like mindfulness or expression through religion. In addition to taking care of your physical and emotional health, it is important to attend to the mental aspect of self-care.
Me Before You: What kind of relationship do you have?
Since we can feel chemistry and passion so quickly and effortlessly for someone else, that means staying with that person should be easy, right?…
Create & Grow Healthy
Bruce Moon, Art Therapist and educator, describes art therapy as “an effort to detect or discover the meaning of life by exploring the soul…
Me, Myself, and I
The Self The self is our sense of personal identity, it is a mental picture that we have of ourselves based on a number…
Do You Talk Dirty to Yourself?
If you find yourself guilty of engaging in harmful self-talk, do not fret, you are not alone. Many of us are guilty of using…
Good Anger: A Fire Contained
HULK SMASH! Is this the way you think about anger? Is it a destructive, chaotic force that wreaks havoc in your life? Many times,…
Covered in Red: How the Brain Uses Anger to Hide Pain
Thats it! You have had enough. Someone around you has done the very thing you hate. Almost immediately, you see red. Or maybe the…
End of content
End of content