And how to facilitate healing You’ve probably heard it 1,000 times. You have to love yourself first. Low self-worth is holding you back. It would help if on your self-esteem. When I shared my struggles and concerns with therapists, counselors, and coaches I would hear some version of these statements….
Month: October 2024
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Why Mindfulness and Meditation Are Mandatory
The foundation of being human. Meditation is like licorice. Or even green eggs and ham. Those who like it, really like it. Those who don’t, really don’t. Many don’t really know. It’s time we changed that. In the 70s, meditation journeyed from the East to the West. Before that, meditation…
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The Hyper-Vigilant Perfectionist Mind-Reading Empath
Does this sound like you? This phrase keeps running around in my head: Hyper-Vigilant Perfectionist Mind-Reading Empath It isn’t complete, but it broadly sums up fifteen years of therapy. It describes me, my childhood, and my healing struggle. And I wonder if it describes others as well. That’s the point…
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The Agony of the Gifted Child
A late identified neurodivergent perspective. Have you seen this Far Side comic by Gary Larson? It’s near-ubiquitous in my memory. Just the other day I thought of it again. But this time I remembered it through the awareness of my neurodivergence. Like many of us, I was placed into the US…