For those of us who have received diagnoses of any kind, it can be a simultaneously confusing, scary, and relieving experience. In order to get properly diagnosed, a list of symptoms has to be reviewed thoroughly and explored with a professional. The good news for some diagnoses is that if the symptoms are treated, the
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Picture this: you are working on dinner when suddenly from the other room you hear piercing screams. You run in to find your children yelling at each other and locked in a fight over the rights to a favorite toy. Is your blood pressure rising? If your reaction to this common scenario is to yell
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This is a pretty niche topic, but I recently adopted my dog and cannot stop finding reasons to talk about her. Many of my clients are pet owners, and from our conversations I know how you love your pets as family members. I heard you, and now I truly get it. My dog has brought
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As we head into a third year of this collective experience of uncertainty, I have been thinking about the parallels between what many are feeling as this pandemic drags on and what so many experience acutely or chronically in their individual lives. The continued uncertainty that is felt uniquely when the unknowns of the future
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Happy New Year! If you’re like me, it’s a little tough to believe that the holidays are over and we’re facing a long, cold, COVID-heavy winter ahead. Omicron seems to be everywhere — every day I hear from another friend, loved one, or client who has tested positive. The pandemic felt somewhat manageable in the
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When words are difficult to come by to adequately express what one is feeling inside, awareness can shift to energy levels observed throughout the body. When the “issues are in our tissues”, mind-body awareness and attunement become key in the healing process. Research continues to show the impact of chronic stress on physical health highlighted
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Maintaining relationships can be difficult, especially in a world where everyone and everything is vying for our full attention. Because of these demands, we can often feel we are doing a half-hearted job in all areas of our life. For those of us who are parents, this busyness and stress trickles down into how we
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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the show Maid in case you haven’t watched yet but plan to without wanting to know what happens! TRIGGER WARNING: Domestic violence Aptly released on the first day of October, the start of Domestic Violence Awareness month, Maid is a limited series on Netflix based on
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Whether your child is in the threenage years or the teenage years or somewhere in between, you are likely to encounter an overflow of emotions that leads to yelling and tears. As parents we are often overwhelmed and respond out of instinct with a fight, flight, freeze, or fawn response. I would like to share
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SOS or “Save Our Ship” was a morse code expression most likely coined by soldiers to signal to other ships the need for help in their own distress. As I began my career, became a wife, and then later a mom, this term took on different levels of meaning. I willingly chose a helping profession
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