Lately I’ve been noticing I’m having that feeling again – the one where your brain won’t slow down, your to-do list feels impossible and even good changes feel overwhelming. I feel like I don’t know how to handle the overwhelm. When that happens, I remind myself of something that is often brought up in therapy: …
This weekend was a peaceful one for me. Lately I’ve been super overwhelmed and feel like my life has been turned upside down for the past 2-3 months. I have this idea that since I know about emotional regulation and self care that life will somehow be easier for me? Turns out it’s not! Like …
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my to dos. I have lots of them. I have lots of jobs: mom, friend, daughter, granddaughter, niece, housekeeper, business owner, and so I also have lots of to dos that go along with them! I can’t help but wonder if I’m doing all the jobs “right”. And …
I’ve been thinking of what I’d like to write about how we can love ourselves since it’s Valentine’s Day very soon. I kept waiting and hoping for some burst of inspiration for just the right thing to say. I told myself I’d write this post Saturday morning and that inspiration would totally strike before then… …
It’s been quite a week this week! I ran head-first into some real struggles in my business and I’ve been overwhelmed with trying to grow and move forward. I was really struggling to find my way and show up to allow and release emotions. It took me a while to realize that I was in …
Today I was reading an email from a list I’ve subscribed to and I noticed it was the same email I’d read a couple of months ago. My first thought was….hmm, okay. Recycling emails. That’s cool I guess. Then I realized that I really loved that email the first time so I was actually excited …
I recently invested in a great program to help me build and grow my business. I kind of freaked out since I’m spending so much money on it….so I did what I always do when I freak out… I turned to friends for reassurance. It went kind of like this: Me: “Oh my gosh! Can …
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 …