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I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but what kind of counselor would I be if I didn't tell you feelings are very important? From a biological level, they give us information about how to navigate the world. There's a reason all of us humans experience emotions, and why our emotions across …
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There's not much research on this concept but what I have read is interesting. If I can interpret loosely what it means, it is that you believe your own subjective truth matters just as much as everyone else's, and a knowing that you have permission to make decisions for your own life. The power is …
I just completed my second semester as a counseling intern. Two down and one to go! I am so looking forward to graduating in August and becoming fully licensed. During this semester I had a full caseload of 9-15 clients a week. These were children, adults, families, and couples. There were so many wonderful moments …
We know without a doubt our brains have mechanisms to protect us to survive- which are labeled fight or flight or freeze. How I originally learned about the concept is that it's more equipped for events that were common in the past and our brains haven't evolved. These events are like a near death experience …
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I sat down with sweet Silverbelle to talk about this pretty heavy topic for In My Feels Friday. Being a counseling intern and seeing clients for the first time this past semester really pushed me to be the best version of myself and practice everyday the gaps in what I have learned and what I …
Hi sweet friends. It's Friday and I'm not able to upload to stories (account compromised day 7). So this #inmyfeelsfriday is this post 🙃 This is January's picture in the calendar I made. Last year or the year before I got this kiss from Pepper on New Years Day and it was the perfect start …
What's got me in my feels this week is this question: is the human race the survival of the fittest or the survival of the nurtured? To try to answer this question I wanted to use Game Theory. Originally used by economists and the like, but social psychologists also use game theory in a version …
It's interesting, I haven't really learned about grief in my academic career. We've talked about existential counseling theories which is like everything is impermanent which includes death. We've briefly touched on the 5 stages of grief. We've talked about developmental life stages and people thinking about death but I don't really feel like we've gone …
I wanted to talk about the third component of self-compassion which is mindfulness. And if you think of mindfulness as some earth-crunchy concept or maybe you've tried meditating before and decided it's not for you, I'd encourage you to read on with an open mind. It's a really simple concept but it is kinda hard …
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Hi sweet friends. Last week I talked about one of the components of self-compassion and I just figured I would continue on! This week I wanted to talk about self-kindness-- which is being nice to yourself or treating yourself as you would a friend. Self-kindness is kind of hard to explain unless I discuss its …
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