Have you always done your best to maintain the best grades and be the best student throughout college? Now that you are pursuing a career as a mental health professional, are you worried that you do not possess the abilities for success? Or maybe you…
According to Mindful.org, mindfulness is defined as “the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.” (www.mindful.org) Psychology Today states that mindfulness is “not taking…
“We live in a culture of never enough: Never good enough, skinny enough, popular enough, never enough Twitter followers,… And there’s only one way out of scarcity and that is enoughness. At some point, we just need to say “enough”: I am enough. What I‘m…
“Owning our stories can be hard but not as difficult as spending our life running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy – the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. …
“I believe that what we regret most are our failures of courage, whether it is the courage to be kinder, to show up, to say how we feel, to set boundaries, to be good to ourselves. For that reason, regret can be the birthplace of…
“Courage starts with letting ourselves show up and be seen.” -Brené Brown Happy September all! It’s hard to believe that today is Labor Day already! Today marks the beginning of my favorite season. There’s something about the changing of the leaves, the crisp air, the…