On Pain Repurposed

On Pain Repurposed

There was a time when I believed the beautiful lie that everything happened for a reason. In this conception of the universe, every feeling I experienced served some greater purpose that helped me escape the present moment with the promise of a brighter tomorrow. My...
Finding a Size-Inclusive Therapist

Finding a Size-Inclusive Therapist

It’s no secret that bias against folks with larger bodies is common in our mainstream media, in many of the family systems in the United States, as well as in our healthcare system. As body positivity is becoming more commonly acceptable it can be challenging to find...
Self-Esteem and Why It Matters

Self-Esteem and Why It Matters

Self-esteem is, in short, how the mind evaluates itself. There is no metric that can objectively determine a person’s self-esteem — the concept is inherently subjective. So how can we think about it? Well, as with many things in counseling and psychology, there...
The Connection Between Nature and our Mental Health

The Connection Between Nature and our Mental Health

We all understand the pain of doing everything in our home. When work and leisure need to happen in the same space, we seem to have no choice but to see our mental health deteriorating. However, for people who have access to nature, especially those in the Pacific...
Self-Care with our Inner Child

Self-Care with our Inner Child

I want to increase quality of life; this is something I want for myself and something I want to work with others to do for themselves. But it is hard sometimes. It’s often difficult because we have patterns of existing in the world that sometimes keep us from what we...
Body Connection

Body Connection

Body Connection The word embodiment grabs attention as of lately. It’s certainly a buzzword but it points to something that every person is connected to: the idea that we all have a body that we live in and experience everything through and with. But how many of us...