We are all reeling from a week in which our world changed dramatically and so rapidly that we are struggling to keep up and to understand what it all means and how we should respond. This situation demands that we attend more than ever to our mental health and well-being. I offer the following in… Continue reading Staying Healthy in a COVID-19 World: Getting Through Times of Fear and Uncertainty
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The Power of Acceptance or Why I Gave Up Shoulding On Myself
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” Carl Rogers How many times have you told yourself you shouldn’t? You shouldn’t have done that, eaten that, be feeling that, or have been that. This is “shoulding” on yourself, a term first coined by Albert Ellis. You… Continue reading The Power of Acceptance or Why I Gave Up Shoulding On Myself
The Quiet Power of Acceptance
A wise mentor once told me “People come to therapy when they have an unsolvable problem that must be solved.” Can you relate to this dilemma? At one time or another in our lives, we all struggle with something that causes us difficulty or suffering and that does not yield itself to being solved, at… Continue reading The Quiet Power of Acceptance