Listen to the blog: On the first day of graduate school in New Orleans, I was fresh from St. Louis with everything I owned crammed into my Honda Civic. I sat in a classroom full of strangers who would eventually become some of my closest friends, when my first professor … [Read more...] about The Three Relationships That Determine the Quality of Your Life
I’m a Therapist With an Anxiety Disorder – Here’s What Actually Helps
Listen to the blog: This may seem like an unusual confession from a therapist, but most of my regular clients already know this about me: I have an anxiety disorder. I have struggled with anxiety really as far back as elementary school. It started in the way a lot of … [Read more...] about I’m a Therapist With an Anxiety Disorder – Here’s What Actually Helps
EMDR Therapy: How the Brain Processes Trauma and Finds Healing
Listen to the blog: We were both in two places at once. We were in the therapy room, having a completely normal conversation. And we were also in the midst of a car crash: one she experienced first hand and where my imagination was putting its own “footage” together based … [Read more...] about EMDR Therapy: How the Brain Processes Trauma and Finds Healing
Your Life as a Soundboard: A Simple Way to Understand Emotional Regulation and Personal Growth
Listen to the blog: If you’re like me, you often think, learn, or process in terms of analogies. One analogy that I’ve found myself discussing in session quite a lot lately is that of a soundboard. Have you ever seen a soundboard at a concert or even at church? It’s … [Read more...] about Your Life as a Soundboard: A Simple Way to Understand Emotional Regulation and Personal Growth
When You’re High-Functioning but Emotionally Exhausted
Why “Holding It Together” Is Costing You More Than You Think I still had my hospital wristband on. If we could be really quiet as we crawled in bed, we wouldn’t wake up our 5 year old son, who would be getting up for school soon, or my brother-in-law, who had just … [Read more...] about When You’re High-Functioning but Emotionally Exhausted
It’s Never Totally Right At The Holidays
Listen to the blog: We had a totally fine Christmas. There is literally nothing to complain about. Nothing went wrong. No fights. We saw all the people. Ate all the food. My son got the most important stuff on his list. My husband and I didn’t even get into an argument … [Read more...] about It’s Never Totally Right At The Holidays
