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Ways to Foster Play as an Adult
July 1, 2025
Adult Counseling art therapy
Ways to Foster Play as an Adult

Embracing play as an adult can significantly enhance your wellbeing and creativity. It's easy to get locked into the boredom of a daily routine and miss out on…

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,…

Improve Your Mental Health
May 1, 2025
Adult Counseling Anxiety
Improve Your Mental Health

In the rush of daily life, we tend to focus on everything else except ourselves. When I'm juggling an urgent to-do list (The kids have wild school and…

New Year, New You? 
January 29, 2025
Adult Counseling Anxiety
New Year, New You? 

A new year is a fresh year to ‘start over.’ It tends to be a time where people remind themselves of all the things they want to do,…

Finding Usefulness in Anger
February 15, 2022
self growth
Finding Usefulness in Anger

Most of us don’t like feeling anger.  It’s one of those emotions we think of as purely negative, something to be avoided whenever we can. But we can’t…

Setting Intentions for 2022
December 24, 2021
self growth
Setting Intentions for 2022

We’re already at another new year, can you believe it?  Did you set a resolution in 2021? After 2020, I think there was a general wariness about setting…

3 Ways to Increase Self-Compassion
November 9, 2021
Habits self care
3 Ways to Increase Self-Compassion

You know the saying, “I’m my own worst enemy,”? Sometimes that’s true. Many of us are a lot harder on ourselves than we are on anyone else, and…

Questions to Ask When You’re Feeling Stuck
October 12, 2021
ADHD Adult Counseling
Questions to Ask When You’re Feeling Stuck

Have you been feeling stuck lately? It can feel discouraging when we’re in a moment in our life where we feel trapped, or like we’re unable to grow.…

6 Tips for Adjusting to Big Life Changes
March 26, 2021
self care self growth
6 Tips for Adjusting to Big Life Changes

As much as we wish it weren’t the case sometimes, change is a guarantee in life. In a lot of ways, change can be good. It forces us…

How to Get Clear on Your Values
July 17, 2020
self growth
How to Get Clear on Your Values

When times are tough, like they are in 2020, it can be natural to look at your life and decide things need to change. This year has been…

Affirmations: What They Are and How to Use Them
May 29, 2020
self care self growth
Affirmations: What They Are and How to Use Them

What’s an affirmation? Have you ever used an affirmation? Affirmations just are short, positive statements. We use them to affirm positive feelings within ourselves–about ourselves, our talents, our…

Procrastination: What It Is and How to Manage It
January 17, 2020
Anxiety Habits
Procrastination: What It Is and How to Manage It

What is procrastination?  Procrastination, simply, is the process of habitually putting things off.  When we procrastinate, instead of doing what should be done in the moment, we find…