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Understanding Your Identity: For You, Not for Everyone Else
June 1, 2026
Adult Counseling Anxiety
Understanding Your Identity: For You, Not for Everyone Else

Identity Pride Month reminds us of the beauty and complexity of identity—especially sexual identity. Our sense of identity can feel complicated in a world full of expectations. Too…

Showing up for our Feelings and Still Showing Up
April 1, 2026
Adult Counseling Anxiety
Showing up for our Feelings and Still Showing Up

Holding space for our feelings begins with honesty. Instead of pushing emotions aside or judging ourselves for having them, we acknowledge what’s real: I’m anxious today. I’m disappointed.…

The Importance of Building Relationships
February 1, 2026
Anxiety Dana Rivera
The Importance of Building Relationships

With Valentines Day around the corner, love and couples fill our media. We focus on the performance of roses, chocolates, and cards, but what about the human aspect?…

Ways to Foster Accountable Behaviors in People
September 1, 2025
Anxiety boundaries
Ways to Foster Accountable Behaviors in People

Encouraging accountability in individuals and groups is essential for building trust, enhancing teamwork, and promoting personal growth. Here are some effective strategies to foster accountable behaviors: 1. Set…

Grow Your Accountability
August 1, 2025
Adult Counseling Anxiety
Grow Your Accountability

The Importance of Accountability in Life and for Humanity Accountability is a value that I feel is incredibly essential for individuals to establish in their lives. Being an…

Challenge Yourself
June 1, 2025
Adult Counseling boundaries
Challenge Yourself

Dismantling the Oppressive Beliefs that Live Within Ourselves When thinking about oppression we typically focus on external systems—societal structures, policies and the actions of individuals in power. However,…

4 Reasons Friendship Is Important for Adults
March 28, 2022
relationships
4 Reasons Friendship Is Important for Adults

What role does friendship play in your life? As we get older, the relationships we have change. There’s a lot of focus on finding a romantic partner and…

50 Questions to Reignite the Spark in Your Relationship
August 9, 2021
Couple Counseling relationships
50 Questions to Reignite the Spark in Your Relationship

A few years ago, there was an article called “The 36 Questions That Lead to Love” in The New York Times that went viral. The article talked about…

What to Do When Someone Comes Out to You
July 24, 2021
family relationships
What to Do When Someone Comes Out to You

Chances are, if you know other human beings, you know someone who is queer. Since we still live in a heteronormative culture in the United States (aka a…

What You Should Know About Nonmonogamy (Even If You’re Monogamous)
September 30, 2020
relationships
What You Should Know About Nonmonogamy (Even If You’re Monogamous)

When you hear the term “nonmonogamy” what do you think? Does it make you feel tense or threatened? Does it make you curious? Do you feel confused? Don’t…

35 Journal Prompts to Examine Your Closest Relationships
August 14, 2020
relationships social skills
35 Journal Prompts to Examine Your Closest Relationships

When was the last time you took stock of the relationships in your life? Any kind of relationship, not just romantic. Think friends, coworkers, family members, neighbors -…

13 Books to Help Strengthen Your Relationships
May 1, 2020
relationships
13 Books to Help Strengthen Your Relationships

Relationships take a lot of work. While the good times feel easy and wonderful, there are times of conflict in every relationship. And, there are a lot of…

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