Reactivity: Why Do You Struggle So Much?
Discover 6 powerful Acceptance and Commitment Therapy exercises to build resilience, reduce anxiety, and live with greater presence and purpose.
Emotional Regulation
Emotional regulation tools, therapy insights, and coping strategies to manage stress, strong emotions, and emotional reactivity.
Therapy for Men: Emotional Healing, Anxiety Support, and Redefining Strength
Why More Men Finally Are Turning to Therapy Therapy for men is finally gaining attention as an essential tool for emotional wellness and stress relief. Yet many men are still taught to suppress pain, avoid vulnerability, and “handle things alone.” These outdated messages can cause lasting harm, leading to emotional isolation, anxiety, and strained relationships.
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Helper’s High: How to get a Healthy High this Holiday Season
Blogging about the helper’s high and risking sounding like a pretensious, “look at me” person, much less clincian, took some thinking. After a super mini teeny ego crisis, authenticity always wins in my book so here, we are. Like so many clients I’ve spoken to, early in my childhood my family was low income and
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Understanding the Difference Between Depression & Sadness
Within the intricate maze of human emotions, sadness and depression frequently intertwine their borders blending, complicating the task of distinguishing one from the other. Each emotion bears a burden capable of tethering us to profound desolation, yet they diverge notably in their persistence, magnitude, and influence on our daily existence. From a clinical perspective, discerning
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Wired for Inattention
We are wired for inattention, yet expected to hold our focus for long periods of time. Our brains can only focus in ninety minute increments, yet a full work day is 8 hours, sometimes longer. Attention is our brain’s primary executive function, but in modern society, it is overstimulated and overworked. Behaviorally, with a brain
Fear: 5 Reasons It’s a Gift
Fear, when experienced constantly and in the form of true danger, abuse, or hypervigilant anxiety, can incapacitate us. Even if not at this extreme, many individuals I know and work with experience a fear inducing situation and hesitate to approach similar situations ever again. For example, plenty of men I’ve worked with get out of long
Polyvagal Therapy: Trauma Healing Beyond Glimmers
Polyvagal theory is applied to the world of therapy by Maine’s own, Deb Dana. I’ll do my best to offer a brief summary here, but if you are more of an auditory learner, please watch one of Dana’s many Youtube’s here. Polyvagal Overview Polyvagal theory looks at our remarkable nervous system and how it’s evolved
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Books that Heal: 16 of my Favorites
Cross Cultural Ikagai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles Loosely translated, ikagai means “a reason for living.” Garcia and Miralles look at how intersections between life domains, like what we do professionally and what we love, enhance and even lengthen life. I’m currently forcing my mom
Intimacy in your Relationship: How to Get Closer
Intimacy, in general terms, means closeness. When I reference intimacy building in therapy, however, most people seem to brace themselves for a conversation about sex, which is just one form of intimacy. Part of the difficulty in discussing this topic is that partnered people often think they lack intimacy. While there is always, always room
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Resiliency: What I Want for my Child
I made a child! Now that I’ve shared with my friends, family, and folks that work with me, it’s time to contemplate, then share vulnerably with the world. I didn’t envision motherhood for myself for most of my life, and if I’m honest, I still have no clue what it’s going to look like emotionally.