Posts Tagged ‘self-esteem counseling santa rosa’
Feeling like you don’t fit in?
Here we are almost at the end of 2020, and you might be feeling like you don’t fit in. The holidays have arrived, but it all feels kind of surreal. Life goes on, but we’re in the midst of an unrelenting limbo. Times like these definitely provoke feelings that we don’t fit in. For ages…
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It’s my business birthday and we just turned 20
It’s my business birthday. Exactly 20 years ago today I sat down with my very first private practice client. I was six months out of grad school. Nervous but ready to claim myself as a counselor for people needing help with career and life transitions. I rented space in a therapist’s office. Only a few…
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Heartfelt Desire and the Passion Vine
True, heartfelt desire: what is it? And what’s the difference between everyday wanting and deep desire? These are actually questions that I ponder, because I have to admit I am wary of too much wanting. Because sometimes it feels like there’s a drumbeat of wanting going on around us all the time. It’s propelled, in…
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How to Take the Gifts You Give Yourself
A few Sundays ago I was sitting at a table, lost in my own world. Paints, sponges, words, images were spread out before me. Journals stacked precariously near the edge of the table. Definitely, I was making a mess, the good kind. The kind of mess that slows you down and brings you back to…
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Opening to Light and Shadow
Lately I’ve been swimming in light and shadow. It all started about three weeks ago, just as we were approaching the spring equinox, the sun hovering above the equator, day and night equal length. I couldn’t help noticing that the arrival of spring presents us with a gentle invitation to pause and explore the paradox…
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