Navigating Relationships and Intimacy After Sexual Trauma
People who have experienced sexual trauma in their past can feel an intense impact on their ability to connect intimately with a chosen partner. This blog explores what sexual trauma is, how it may be impacting your relationship, how to discuss with your partner, and strategies to self-care.
My Family Doesn’t Believe in Therapy
Starting a therapeutic journey to improve your mental health can be very difficult to begin. It is even more challenging when your closest network of family, friends, or chosen family, are not supportive of therapy both intentionally or unintentionally. This post explores why family or friends may be unsupportive and how to best help you navigate through it.
I’m Dissociating During Sex…Now What?
Dissociating is a protective mechanism, that feels like a disconnect between your external environment and being present in your body. This blog explores what’s going on when dissociating is occurring during sex, with a presently consensual partner, how to discuss with your partner, and strategies to manage.
Holistic Healing for Inner Chaos: Tools to Navigate Internal Conflict
Inner conflict is something we all encounter, and struggle to navigate. Inner conflict refers to a state of psychological distress from battling conflicting desires, needs, or beliefs within an individual. This blog reviews holistic strategies for sitting with and resolving internal conflict.
How to Find a Sense of Purpose and Meaning in Life
Many of us struggle with finding purpose and meaning in life. But don't worry, there are ways to discover what truly matters to you and live a life full of purpose. Whether it's through exploring your passions, helping others, or making a positive impact on the world, you can find the direction and motivation you need to live a meaningful life. Let’s explore in more detail.
How to Build an Abundance Mindset
Cultivating an abundance mindset is crucial for achieving success and happiness in life. It is a mindset that focuses on the possibilities rather than limitations and believes that there is always enough to go around. By adopting an abundance mindset, you can overcome fear and scarcity thinking that hold you back from pursuing your dreams. Instead, you will be more open to new opportunities, embrace challenges, and see failures as opportunities for growth.
The Symptoms and Experience of Anxiety
If you're experiencing symptoms of anxiety, you're not alone. Anxiety affects millions of people around the world. However, there are holistic approaches you can take to manage and alleviate anxiety symptoms. By adopting a holistic approach to addressing your anxiety, you can cultivate a greater sense of calm, balance, and overall wellness. Let’s explore in more detail.
How to Stop Overthinking: 10 Ways to Decrease the Habit
Overthinking can be a major obstacle to productivity, creativity, and overall happiness. It can lead to feelings of anxiety, self-doubt, and indecisiveness. In this blog post, we'll explore practical tips for overcoming it. By learning to recognize and manage your overthinking tendencies, you can improve your mental health and gain more control over your life. Don't let overthinking hold you back any longer - read on to learn how to break free from this harmful habit.
How to Create a Life Worth Living: Part 2
Discover how to create a life worth living with our latest blog post. We delve into the key ingredients that make up a fulfilling life and explore practical strategies for achieving your goals. From setting intentions to cultivating meaningful relationships, our holistic approach to living will inspire you to take action and lead a purposeful life. Read on to find out more.
6 Ways to Stop Overthinking
Exploring 6 ways to stop the overthinking spiral. Have you ever got lost in your thoughts and felt like you were spiraling down a rabbit hole? Well, if so, you are not alone. Most of us have experienced the struggling of rumination and constant chatter in our minds. Let’s explore how to manage overthinking.
Regulating Big Emotions
Have you ever experienced a time where you were so upset that nothing you seemed to try could work to help calm you down? TIPP is a DBT skill that activates our parasympathetic nervous system to help us rest and slow down by regulating our emotions.
Holistic Couples Therapy
Holistic approaches to relationship counseling offer a comprehensive perspective on strengthening couples' bonds by addressing the psychological, physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of their connection. This method stresses the importance of enhancing connection to resolve underlying issues.
Finding the Right Therapist for Your Teen
Finding a therapist can be hard, finding the right therapist for your teen may feel extremely overwhelming. In this article, we discuss what is important to keep in mind when looking for the right therapist for your teen.
Helping Teens Manage Their Stress Holistically
Stress presents itself differently in adolescents than in adults and can sometimes be overlooked. Today we will take a closer look at signs of stress in adolescents and then review ways to holistically help decrease your child’s stress.
Boundaries: A Radical Act of Self-care
An exploration of boundaries as a radical act of self-care. We’ll discuss what boundaries actually are, why they’re difficult to set, and why we need them both for our mental health and for the health of our relationships.
Grounding: the Benefits and the Practice
Grounding encompasses simple tactics aimed at disengaging from emotional distress. These tactics include distractions directing our attention outward, to the external world. They also are helpful to bring us back to the present moment.
What is Vagal Toning?
Part two in our two-part series about the Nervous System! We’ll explore the vagus nerve, the definition of vagal tone, and practices to regulate our nervous system.
An Introduction to Understanding Your Nervous System
Take some time to learn what is happening in your nervous system. We explain the purpose of your nervous system, how it impacts you on a day to day, and explain polyvagal theory. Gain a better understanding of how the mind and body are connected and influence each other.
The Benefits of Gratitude
Gratitude can have a significant impact on both your mental and physical health. So, what is it exactly? “Scientists conceptualize gratitude as both a state and a trait” (Jans-Beken, L., et al, 2020). It’s something that can become a part of how we see ourselves and the world around us (that is dependent on the state we are in) as well as something that we can intentionally do.
4 Ways to Live More Intentionally
What does it mean to truly live intentionally? And how does one cultivate intentional living?