Posts Tagged ‘Atwater Village’
Five Ways To Combat Holiday Stress
The holidays come with many traditions, some familial, some cultural – they can all be stressful. Some traditions are similar across families – carrying on how their religion or how their culture celebrates a particular holiday. Other traditions can come more from your family’s individual culture, and by that, I mean your family’s particular set…
Read MoreThe Tortured Artist
This is arguably one of the most enduring myths of our time: the belief that suffering and emotional turmoil are equivalent to making meaningful art. Stereotypes carry harmful biases that can have negative effects, and this one can be especially dangerous for creatives, especially when it interferes with seeking help for emotional distress. The idea…
Read MoreTaking Risks: Showing Your True Self
“It’s not okay to show who I really am right now.” Is this something you’ve ever told yourself? When you first began to say it, maybe you had good reason to. Perhaps you started to believe that you are “too much” — too emotional, too sensitive, too needy, too anything. Once this type of thinking…
Read MoreDo You Show Yourself Your Softer Side?
The Pain Of Perfection I work in counseling with a lot of successful people who hold themselves to very high standards and who care deeply about their significant others, friends, and families. What I have noticed is that when we push ourselves really hard to try to be successful, sometimes we do not wind up…
Read MoreWhy Are We Stuck on Repeat?
Sometimes we seem to keep doing the same things over and over again: experiencing the same feelings, thinking the same thoughts, circling in the same relationships. This can become a problem if you get stuck rehashing the same negative thoughts, the same anxieties, or the same disappointments with other people, with no sense of making…
Read MoreAre You Sure You Are Taking Care of Yourself?
Are You Seeing the Full You or Just a Small Glimpse? Some of our first milestones in life are to develop regular relationships with eating and sleeping. We might not remember, but parents rejoice when they see us settle into a pattern that matches what we need. As we get older, though, we do not…
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