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You’re Never Too Old to Seek Psychotherapy
Life changes occur at every age, but the transitions that happen when one is in their 50s and beyond seem to come at a more rapid pace. These include children who leave for college, begin careers, move out of the area, get married, and start a family of their own. Other challenging transitions include health…
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Sing A Song: The Numerous Benefits of Letting Your Voice Be Heard
“Sing, sing a song Make it simple to last your whole life long Don’t worry that it’s not good enough For anyone else to hear Just sing, sing a song”-Joe Raposo This tune made famous by Karen and Richard Carpenter is a charming invitation to express yourself through the beauty of music. Do you sing in the shower or the…
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Is Being Told You Are Special Detrimental To Emotional and Developmental Wellbeing?
It wouldn’t be too big a stretch to see how proud and loving parents could perceive their child(ren) as the smartest, cutest, and most special little beings in the world. Rare is the parent who will shrug their shoulders when someone oohs and ahhs over their tiny bundle of joy, and respond, “Yeh, I guess…
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Why Do Loneliness and Depression Increase in the Spring and How Can We Plant Seeds of Wellness?
Loneliness occurs when people feel isolated, without purpose and lacking in connection with others. According to the Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Vivek Murthy, “We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. It’s like hunger or thirst. It’s a feeling the body sends us when something we need…
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Soul Wisdom: Having Trust in Your Therapeutic Relationship
In the February 2023 Soul Wisdom Therapy Newsletter, there was a piece called “Going Deep-The Therapeutic Process”. We explored the journey that begins with the decision to enter a professional relationship with a trained clinician who is equipped with the skills to provide guidance and support in the face of life changes and challenges. Some…
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Establishing and Sustaining Trust in Our Relationships
There is a trope in the business world that could just as easily be applied to our interpersonal relationships. “People do business with those they know, like and trust.” Ideally, people create, cultivate, and sustain relationships with those they are willing to know, love and trust. Becoming familiar with a significant other takes time and…
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Color Your World: January is International Creativity Month
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”― Martha Graham January ushers in a…
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Volunteering Lifts Spirits
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth. –Muhammad Ali The winter holidays are on the horizon. Hanukkah overlaps with Christmas and this year it is celebrated from December 18th to December 26th. Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, and the Winter Solstice add to the festivities. For some, this is a time of joy and for…
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Election Anxiety and How to Cope
By the time you read this piece, one of the most pivotal elections of our time will be in the history books. Regardless of which side of the aisle your feet are planted, the outcome will impact your life and the lives of those for the next generations. The mid-term elections of 2022 bring with…
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Shining a Light On Seasonal Affective Disorder
Some people love experiencing the change of seasons as summer heat melts like an ice cream cone into pumpkin spice fall foliage, crisp mornings, and chilly, star-sparkled nights. Others dread the coming of autumn since it brings with it early darkness and the dimming of their emotional light. SAD -Seasonal Affective Disorder is more than…
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Kindness Counts
We live on a planet of 7.97 billion people with varying beliefs, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, values, gender presentations, cultures, ages, living conditions, political views, and skin hues. Living together can be challenging if we hold firm to the idea that ‘they’ are wrong, and ‘we’ are right. If we think there isn’t enough to go…
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Here’s To All of the Book Lovers!
Sitting on the floor in a small-town library, the young child eagerly listened to the mesmerizing tales read by the ‘library lady’, as she called her. She felt she was in the presence of magic. The stories beckoned her to fascinating worlds and helped her to fall in love with the written word. Her mother…