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Transform Your Self Talk through Mindfulness & Emotional Self Care
A beautiful outcome of mindfulness meditation is the opportunity to slow down and explore our relationship with our minds. We meditate to understand the stories we tell ourselves about our lives and experiences. Oftentimes life can be uncomfortable and we respond to this discomfort by tuning out literally or figuratively by showing up impartially for…
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Embodying Fearlessness
The beauty of my job as a clinician is that I am constantly inspired and surrounded by the most fearless people in the world. I meet amazingly resilient men and women who have survived trauma, abuse, life challenges… you name it, they’ve been through it, they’ve seen it all. And survived. I still remember a…
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Mountain: Weathering the Storm
Since late in the evening on November 8th I have felt stunned into silence, I struggle to find the words to express the sadness that I feel within and around me. The feeling of overwhelm and sadness feels hauntingly similar to depression- but this time it’s not just mine. This time it’s a symptom…
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A Guide to Cultivating Self Care
With all of the hustle, bustle, and newness of moving, I recently realized that I hadn’t made space in my life to create a self care routine in my new city. And without a nourishing routine of treating myself with lovingkindness, I can be on a fast track to burnout. When we are feeling exhausted, like there’s nothing left…
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The 5 Love Languages
What I love about the 5 love languages is that they offer us an opportunity to deepen our awareness of how we perceive and show our love to the people we care about in our lives. The 5 Love Languages is a book written by Dr. Gary Chapman, an intimacy expert. They were written to…
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Interviewing with Confidence
Interviewing has been a popular topic in my life lately as I transition to life in Portland. New city means looking for a new part time job while I establish myself and my practice. Which all means that there will be interviews. Regardless if you love or hate interviews, odds are we all have to…
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My Favorite TED Talks
It’s no secret, I love TED talks. Anyone who has ever worked with, or known me for that matter, knows that I am constantly recommending a talk or two. Today I share with you a list of some of my all time favorite talks. I hope that they inspire you in the way that they…
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Honoring My Journey
Sleep eludes me in these early morning hours, as my mind traces over the past two years, lessons learned, lives that I have been blessed to have been a part of, and the place by the sea that I have spent so much of my time and energy the past several years. Today marks my…
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Deep Listening
While I was driving down the Pacific Coast Highway on my way to work today, I was listening to an interview on my favorite Podcast show- On Being, and it dawned on me that there seemed to be this really special pause between when the interviewer spoke and the interviewee responded. It felt like the…
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Sympathy vs. Empathy
Today in my Inner Peace group we talked about vulnerability, which ultimately led us to a discussion about sympathy versus empathy. Everyone literally cringed at the mention of the word sympathy. We shared how we felt when people had a sympathetic response to our life’s challenges and stories. How it made us feel terrible when…