Self Therapy: 31 Questions You Can Ask Yourself I’m going to start off this blog post where I left off in my last post. I stated: Ultimately, my goal is to help you gain clarity and get you back on your own unique path so you have the confidence and tools… to fully …
Therapists don’t have the answers to your problems… But You Do! I’ve noticed that some people take their therapist’s advice as the capital ‘T’ Truth. I sometimes think that therapists have replaced a role that has traditionally been given to a religious leader or a wise elder… And I’m not gonna lie, it makes me …
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The Alternative To Shaming Labels In my last blog post, I took a deep dive into label shaming. I shared research that indicates cultures that use a label to define a whole person (or group) have greater problems with crime and recidivism. Our culture happens to be a label-shaming culture. Shaming labels are …
What’s Label Shaming & Why Is It Toxic? First, let me say that labeling objects, people, and things is essential to human survival. For example, it is vital to have a word to indicate if something is poisonous. Without the word “poison” we wouldn’t be able to communicate to others whether or not a …
Where Is Shame Held In the Body? Thanks to the work of Brene Brown there has been a national conversation around the concept of shame. In case you haven’t come in contact with Brown’s work, let me give you her definition of shame: Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that …
