Linda Graham, MFT examines the role of “grit” in resilience and offers an exercise to strengthen perseverance to maximize your growth mindset. Both a friend and a client told me about this delightful 6...
Category - Emotional Health
Linda Graham, MFT
Staying Calm in an Unsettled World
It seems to me the news has been particularly disturbing lately. Whether it’s ideological groups thrusting aggressively forward with psychologically terrifying tactics, a disturbing disease stealing the lives of...
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Feel Whole
Rick Hanson, PhD encourages us to be open to all of our experiences rather than be derailed by the parts that can get in the way. He offers a practice in how to “widen the spotlight” to feel more whole, less...
Rick Hanson, PhD
How to Get Your Fear to Back Off
Amy Eden Jollymore, an adult child of alcoholics, dives into ways to get unstuck from fear. She believes if you start with the small stuff, you will develop the courage to tackle bigger and scarier things…one...
Amy Eden
What’s Holding You Back? Understanding the Payoff of Having a Chronic Problem
As a therapist and coach, the symbolism of this “break free” sculpture speaks to the deepest part of my soul. It resonates with me for all the work I’ve done in my life: my own personal growth work and my continued...
Hilary Silver, LCSW
3 Ways You Might be Sabotaging Your Growth
If you are like most people, you’d prefer happiness over unhappiness. You probably know and accept that life cannot always dish out platefuls of sweet cherry pie with whipped cream or provide a sunlit dappled...
Happiness and Life Meaning: Both Important to Well-Being
Linda Graham, MFT looks at the power of life meaning, perhaps even over happiness. She offers an exercise in which to invite both to foster resilience and well-being. Research was recently published in the Journal of...
Rest in Center
Rick Hanson, PhD takes a look at the experience of being “all over the place” and how to get centered. He encourages you to seek your wisdom, especially in the face of fear, anxiety and self doubt...
I’m a Daily Struggling Someone, Not a Recovering Anybody
The discussion of male sexual abuse is slowly moving out of the shadows. The following piece is by a male victim of sexual abuse by both of his parents and others beginning early in his life. He is writing a book of...
What Are You Feeding Your Mind?
Craig Harper, a leading coach in Australia with a direct, wry and authentic writing style, compares the choices people make in their thinking and behaviors to the choices they make in what they put into their bodies...
Craig Harper, B.Ex.Sci.