Unapologetic Healthy Boundaries

Unapologetic Healthy Boundaries

When we establish healthy boundaries, it defines clearly what is appropriate behavior in our relationships – intimate, friendship, professional, etc. This practice is crucial for self-care and positive functional relationships. Each person is unique as to how those...
Shadow Work is Psychotherapy

Shadow Work is Psychotherapy

The psychoanalyst Carl Jung, and one of my personal favorites, identified the collective unconscious which is comprised of eight archetypes. Self: The center of the personality or psyche — your conscious awareness Shadow: The dark and emotional aspect of your psyche...
Constant Search for Balance

Constant Search for Balance

We hear it from our doctors, therapists, parents, and others that we need to find balance, but what is that really and how does it feel? You may be surprised to know that the answer is much more holistic and involves many factors and so the image of the scales with...
Time for Silence

Time for Silence

The world around us is fast-paced and many people have resolved to this as their reality. Expectations other put on us we own without question, definitions of success set by someone other than ourselves, dreams imposed upon us that aren’t really our own dreams, and...
No One Can Make You Happy

No One Can Make You Happy

“I just want someone who makes me happy.” Sometimes we say a person makes us happy because it is a concept we have been led to believe in fairytales, movies, and societal expectations. Endless inquiries on why you aren’t dating, married, having...