This year, I’m thankful for painI am thankful for the deepest sorrowsI am thankful for my losses, big and smallI am thankful for the hardest trials I’ve facedI am thankful for the resentment of unrecognized laborI am thankful for the frustration of being so constantly...
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Category: Mental Health
What is Self-Care? What do Therapists do for Self-Care?
I’ve been hearing a lot recently about “self-care,” and that we should all be “practicing more self-care.” But what if you don’t even know what “self-care” means? What if you keep hearing about “self-care” and all that comes to mind is bubble baths and retail therapy?...
Picture Books as Therapy
Understanding complex emotions and life events is difficult for anyone, but especially for children. When they don’t have the proper tools to express their inner turmoil and process their surroundings, this can often lead to frustrating interactions with parents and...
When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough – Self-Care in the Aftermath of Tragedy
A personal note from the author: As I was writing this piece in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, TX, the gravity of the situation at hand sat heavy on my soul. The weight of the tragedies that inspired this piece is not lost on me. Over 336,000 students...