Empowering Growth

Trauma-informed yoga. It sounds a bit technical, doesn’t it? Most people don’t stop to think much about it. Some let the words pass down their screen during a scroll, or perhaps read through the words on a flyer without a second glance. Ultimately, I don’t think most people believe it applies to them. And so […]

Wise mind: the place where reasonable mind and emotion mind meet. It is being able to see the value in both reason and emotion, plus tapping into a felt sense, our intuition, our inner knowing. Wise mind brings with it a greater sense of peace, openness and clarity. So why is it that wise mind

I can not begin to tell you how long I have been staring at this blank, untitled, google document page with my text cursor blinking and blinking and blinking at me. Blog topic…’interpersonal effectiveness skill of your choice’… I picked this topic. I thought this would be easy. No biggie. Piece of cake. So why

To all my fellow anxious people, how are you doing? No really. How are you doing? Over a year ago, the world came to a standstill because of the pandemic. Many have described it as the embodiment of Groundhog Day where every day feels like a Tuesday in March. We are expected to maintain ‘business

Things are still really hard right now, right? I say “still” of course because at this point, the pandemic is not new, We at DBT of SJ have been working from home for exactly a year now (wow), but for me everything feels just as stressful as it did a year ago. Of course there

Coping skills are something I’ve been familiar with long before my training and clinical work. Growing up, I had a lot of anxiety that I was trying to cope with. It started at a very young age, but was at its worst when I was in high school. At one point, I was having panic

When I started learning about the skills of DBT I kept hearing the phrase “a life worth living.” At first, I did not like this skill. I thought it sounded cold. However, the more I understood the skill, the more I liked it. I once read that “No life is not worth living. But what

It’s two nights before Thanksgiving and I’m making mashed potatoes to bring as my contribution to the small family gathering I’ll be attending in two days. Something isn’t looking right and I can feel my anxiety building as I watch the mashed potatoes develop into a strange consistency. As I watch, my thoughts go something

The ghosts and goblins of Halloween have passed. The days are becoming shorter, the trees shed their leaves, and the air has a slight cold crisp to it. People are beginning to get into the holiday spirit. Home Goods, Marshalls, Kirkland, Pottery Barn, and grocery stores are packed with mask-wearing shoppers trying to grab the

I had my first panic attack this August. Yup. Took me 32 years on this planet to finally experience something I had hoped to avoid my entire life. It was pretty awful, would not recommend, 0 out of 10 stars. I even ended up calling 911! Yes, you’ve read that correctly. Me, a therapist, called