Nature Fix

Nature Fix

Accessible Healing through the Natural World As a mental health professional, I am always on the lookout for easy, accessible ways to enhance physical and emotional wellness. Sometimes we need to find out why we’re struggling in order to heal effectively. Often,...
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...
Climate change and Our Emotional Health

Climate change and Our Emotional Health

Here is a new topic gaining attention in research and mental health today: Ecological Grief. Today I want to talk about the multitude of emotions that come up when we think of climate change and what we can do to support ourselves as we grapple with a warming world...