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“What do you want as your life’s purpose?” When I ask my clients these questions in the initial sessions, I am often greeted with stares, silence, and responses of “I have no idea” or “I never thought I would live this long.” So, what if we reframe it: Who do […]
Self-compassion sounds simple—just be nice to yourself. Easy peasy. Done and done. Of course… For many, it is a foreign concept, wrapped in multiple layers of guilt, doubt, shame, resistance, and disbelief. What are the barriers to being kind to ourselves? To treating ourselves as if we would a friend…a […]
Life often feels like an endless series of hills, valleys, and mountains. At times, these obstacles seem insurmountable, daunting, and overwhelming. However, as Dag Hammarskjöld once said, “Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.” I have […]
When I first encountered mindfulness in graduate school, the concept seemed alien to me. As someone who identified as an athlete, my identity was rooted in movement, quick thinking, and split-second decisions. I was conditioned to act and keep my body moving, to maintain momentum. Sitting still? Focusing on my […]
Have you ever found yourself in the midst of overwhelming emotions, unsure of how to navigate through them? Whether it is anxiety, sadness, or frustration, it is easy become trapped in our feelings and experience helplessness. However, one often overlooked yet profoundly effective way to manage emotional distress is by […]
I did not see that coming… We often try to plan ahead, forgetting that plans are just best-case scenarios. Daniel Kahneman, PhD, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, explains the planning fallacy by saying: “You make a plan, which is usually a best-case scenario. Then you assume the outcome will […]