Tend To Yourself Thursday {5/9}: Is It Fear Or Intuition?
As we tune in for another Tend To Yourself Thursday, let’s explore a question that often comes up in therapy – “how do I know if it’s fear or intuition?” Many people come to therapy to address anxiety – whether it’s generalized worry, postpartum anxiety, relationship anxiety, or anxiety due to stress, major life changes, or trauma. […]
Tend To Yourself Thursday with a Nervous System Reset {5/2}
Happy Tend to Yourself Thursday, a great day of the week to check-in and extend some care to yourself so you can live life feeling that much more connected, whole, and resourced. This week, I invite you to try on a nervous system reset to promote balance and calm on a physiological level. Many mental, emotional, […]
Tend To Yourself Thursday with Yoga Nidra {4/25}
Happy Tend to Yourself Thursday, a great day of the week to check-in and extend some care to yourself so you can live life feeling that much more connected, whole, and resourced. This week, I invite you to dabble in the transformative practice of Yoga Nidra—a deeply restorative form of guided meditation that offers profound benefits […]
How To Break Free From Rumination
Have you ever been caught in a repetitive thought loop? You keep replaying a conversation or situation in your mind, hoping for a different outcome to manifest, an answer, or clarity to arise. It’s more than overthinking. This intrusive dwelling on past events or perceived failures characterized by worry and self-criticism is called rumination. Ugh, I know. […]
Tend To Yourself Thursday {4/11}
Welcome to Tend to Yourself Thursday, a great day of the week to check in and extend some care to yourself so you can live life feeling that much more connected, whole, and resourced. Let’s take a moment to explore what it means to tend to oneself. Derived from a phrase I often find myself saying, “attending to” oneself means extending care toward yourself, or a part of yourself. It involves honoring and […]
Embracing April’s Symbolism: Renewal, Growth, and Transformation
As we step into April, I want to take a moment to reflect on the symbolism of this month and how it weaves into our journey as humans. March and April are about renewal, growth, and transformation, offering us an opportunity to explore these concepts within ourselves and the greater context of our lives. One […]
The Process of Healing: Reflections from a Marin Therapist
Growth. Transformation. Change. Evolution. Healing. These words run through my mind regularly. I’m perpetually fascinated by these phenomena and their processes. As a Marin therapist who takes a holistic approach to our work, I get this question often – how do I change X, Y, Z? What are the steps? I have found that therapy […]
Making Progress in Therapy: Reflections From an Oakland Therapist
Whether you’ve been to therapy before or you’re seeking support for the first time, it’s not always clear when you’re making progress. This is true for several reasons. Healing isn’t linear. Progress often looks like two steps forward then one step back. It can feel discouraging when you feel like you’re taking a step back, […]
The Truth About Emotional Wellness
“Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami Most people come to therapy and the healing arts seeking some kind of emotional relief from the trials and tribulations of life and relationships. Unfortunately, pain and difficult emotions are a part of the human experience. It sucks, and it’s hard. As a deep feeler, […]
Signs It’s Time to Break Up With Your Therapist
Sometimes it’s hard to know when it’s no longer a good fit with your therapist and decide to end things. Often times it’s not clear what progress or success look like. And because the nature of therapy is that it can be an uncomfortable process at times, it’s difficult to know whether what you’re feeling […]
