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The Importance of Boundary Setting
It is a challenge to learn the art of setting boundaries. It comes with feelings of discomfort, upsetting people, but most importantly it betters your mental health. There are many areas of life that setting boundaries can be very beneficial when it comes to...
Clean House, Clean Mind: Maximizing your Spring Cleaning Routine
It’s that time of year again in the American South – the weather is changing, and by that, I mean on a daily, and sometimes hourly, basis. You wake up in the morning in need of a winter coat, by lunchtime you’re in shorts and a t-shirt, and in the evening, you’ll...
What Trolls Teaches Us About Depression
I am an adult who loves children’s movies. In addition to their colorful, eye-catching, and fun properties they often have deeper lessons woven in that can easily be missed. Previously, I expanded on this by talking about how the Disney movie “Encanto” addresses...
Gender-Affirming Care Saves LGBTQIA+ Lives
In Tennessee, transgender and non-binary people are under attack by the supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly. Unfortunately, they have passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for LGBTQIA+ youth under the age of 18. As a psychotherapist, I am deeply...
Meditation: Five-Senses Check
Often when I am feeling stressed or anxious, I notice that I don’t feel fully “present”; my mind is elsewhere, worrying about the past or future and nowhere close to the “now.” In these situations, I am reminded of a meditation that I once learned called the Five...
Overcoming Guilt & Shame
Guilt and shame are two commonly felt emotions, and they are sometimes mistaken for the same thing, but it’s important to understand the difference between the two. Guilt is what we feel when we’ve done something wrong or done something that doesn’t align with our...