Tag: Therapy
Why Should You Face Your Feelings? Answer: To Be Happy
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Quote by James Baldwin Isn’t There an Easier ...
We Are Story-Making Machines
Why Revisiting Your History in Therapy Makes Your Life Better Today Sometimes it’s hard to understand the point of revisiting your history in therapy. I ...
Why Therapy is Mindfulness Practice and How it Benefits You
What is mindfulness? Right now, practicing mindfulness is all the rage. And what is mindfulness, exactly? It’s putting intentional focus on something you are doing. ...
What is Perfection?
I had a conversation the other day and we talked about his experience of going to see a therapist. He always had this idea that ...
Why is it So Hard to Change? A Simple Scientific Explanation
Well-worn pathways Imagine that you follow the same path through the woods outside your house to get to a river every day. It’s well-worn and ...
Our Own Value and Lovability are Among the Lessons that We Don’t Remember Learning, but Never Forget
Our own value and lovability are among the lessons that we don’t remember learning, but never forget. This is a line from an amazing book ...
No Words, Just a Feeling
Sometimes there are no words, just a feeling. Do you know what a “location joke” is? The kind where you “had to be there” to ...
Why Groups are Good for your Mental Health
To explain why group sessions are good for your mental health, I first need to tell you some basic things about your evolutionary history, your ...
What You Feel, You Can Heal
Express Your Feelings and Heal Life is full of experiences that you can’t let yourself express your feelings about in the moment. But do you ...
Learn How a Therapist can Inadvertently Steal Your Money
A while back, I wrote a blog explaining why therapists don’t answer questions, and while none of what I said in that blog has changed, ...
