It’s Halloween this weekend and that got me thinking about how much fun my kids have getting dressed up and pretending to be someone they’re not. In this house we’re big fans of dress up and costumes. My oldest son is turning 20 this year and is still dressing up and planning not only this …
Last week was a rough one, not gonna lie. I noticed I was really tired, I noticed that I was more grumpy and short-tempered than usual. I noticed I struggled to come up with something I was grateful for. I noticed….I noticed…. I NOTICED. When I’m teaching someone about emotions I might ask them “where …
“It’s all in how you look at it.” How many times have you heard this? I’ve heard it a lot and it used to make me really irritated! As if you could just change the way you look at something and all of a sudden everything is suddenly better? I’ve come to learn that for …
I attended a training the other day and someone I admire very much admitted to suffering from “imposter syndrome.” You know, that feeling you get when you’re sure that someone is going to come and break down the door and accuse you of being the fraud you’ve always secretly suspected you are? Well, maybe that’s …
This year I’m really focusing on taking care of me and doing that on purpose. My therapist and I have been talking about ways to spend more time with nature and increase my ability to be connected to the natural world. He said one way to do that was through gardening. Around this same time …
46! What a year! It feels like my last birthday was a century ago & like it was just a few weeks ago & time is flying by. Last year at this time I was getting ready for taking my LCSW test. I was battling to feel like I was good enough and wondering what …
I often write from my own experiences or things that I’m teaching clients but I decided to try something new and get inspiration from a TED talk: how your personal narrative limits your future by Andrew Peek. I love how the content of this talk mirrors my own journey right now and my work around …
Yesterday I was talking with a colleague about my 3.5 jobs. Currently I work for an agency, I’m starting my own business, an online therapy service and I started doing supervision. (My daughter decided on that number and I’m going with it!) This colleague of mine asked me how many sessions I’m scheduling a week? …
Before I rolled out of bed this morning I started at my wall for a few minutes and just felt so overwhelmed with peace and joy…. Maybe I should explain. Recently my family helped me redecorate my room. It had been the same for like seven years? I remember how much fun I had redoing …
There were years when things were hard. I mean like a whole decade (if not more) that was really really dark. I got divorced, I was a single mom with four kids looking for a job that just wouldn’t come. I only went on one job interview after a year of searching and they gave …