Tag Archives: Acceptance Commitment Therapy

Taking Fear for a Ride

Ever get “Uncomfortable” feelings when you try to do something new or try to follow our values? Of course you do! We all do. For me, it makes sense to view these feelings as monsters. Typically, for me, most of them aren’t something…

Keys to Making Decisions When You’re “Burned-Out”

After my most recent blog about Lessons Learned from Scary Movies, I have been thinking over and over about how we make decisions and when. I came to the realization that whether we are changing jobs, ending a relationship, relocating, or any of…

Lessons Learned from Scary Movies

Whether you enjoy and seek out scary movies or whether you avoid them like the plague, my guess is you’ve seen this story play out on the screen and in real life.  You see, even in movies like “Jurassic Park,” this element is…

What’s so Wrong with Avoiding?

I remember being a young child and saying something to the effect of “It hurts when I do this.”  And my parent responded “Then don’t do that.”  Am I the only one?  Surely I’m not. In fact, I know I’m not.  Now, I…

The Art of Holding Space

Not that long ago I was speaking with a friend who asked exactly what I did as a therapist. My response was this, “I create spaces within myself to hold things no human should have to so that those who have lived through…

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