A Self Care Self Assessment: What do I need?
What is selfcare? Other than a bit buzzy? :) First off, get to know the Eight Dimensions of Wellness https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/a...
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Talk Therapist, Certified in Sex, Relationship and EMDR Therapy
Practicing Online in PA
Welcoming all sexualities, genders and relationships!
Thought Food
Here's my exploring space for whatever "food for thought" I stumble on and want to share with you.
Check back regularly for videos, writing prompts, scientific insights-- all kindsastuff. I think you'll be glad you did.
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- Oct 29, 2021
Resource Guide: Men's Sexuality
These books may not be the right match for your concerns but it might get you started: Men's Sexual Health: Fitness for Satisfying Sex,...
- Oct 13, 2021
Resource Guide: Kink
Finding good information online is... challenging. I compiled a short list of some favorite resources on BDSM/kink/leather sexuality:...
- Sep 29, 2021
Transitions: A Writing/SelfReflection Prompt
In fall, one can watch the transition from summer to fall from the window. It's a contemplative time for many of us. Transitions often...
- Sep 8, 2021
Depression and the body: metabolic contributors
Check out this article about powerful research being done here in Pittsburgh: https://www.bbrfoundation.org/content/relieving-treatment-r...
- Sep 1, 2021
When you can't do what you "know" you should
Not that easy, right? Time and again, clients tell me "I should just..." and then everything would be fine. While "fake it 'till you...
- Aug 17, 2021
Priorities?
I recently heard someone talk about the inherent contradiction in the word "priorities." Basically, there's no such thing! Priority is...
- Aug 13, 2021
"Just figure out what you want, then it'll work out."
How many times have you gotten this message? How many articles, books, and heart-to-hearts have asked you to just decide what you want,...
- Jun 30, 2021
Sexual Health from The Lancet
Take a look. What do you think? https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00099-2/fulltext
- May 19, 2021
Time: Rushed vs. Bored
Time often feels that way, no? Too much or too little. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's thought about taking time from the doctor's...
- May 14, 2021
Bright ideas
Great ideas drive so many of us. "This would be a gamechanger." "Here's how I'll make my millions." And how many of us hoard great...
- Apr 2, 2021
The Risks in Meditating
Sounds funny, right? That meditating can be risky? But anyone who's tried it knew immediately this wasn't some transcendent walk in the...
- Mar 29, 2021
A Relationship Assessment
Relationships are the central fact of existence. Interdependence is how life on planet earth works, and the quality of those...
- Mar 8, 2021
If you had 10 years left...
Let's say you will die 10 years from right now. What would you stop doing? What will your life look like if you took this assessment at...
- Mar 3, 2021
Comfortable or Safe?
My heart rate is up, I feel edgy and tense, that fight-flight-freeze thing is going on. "Uh, oh," says the mind's narrative. Not good. ...
- Feb 18, 2021
A meditation
Breathe. Once more. Notice sensations inside your body. Notice the reactions you have to those sensations (anxiety, tension, judgement,...
- Feb 17, 2021
The wisdom of your body
You know who they are: the ones who are great at sports, don't get sick, and follow their "gut" to get where they need to go. These...
- Feb 10, 2021
A writing prompt for you
Your alarm goes off. You wake up, stretch, slide out of bed, do your thing. You pick up your phone. "Today is February 10.5, 2021."...
- Feb 3, 2021
"What we practice grows stronger."
(Note: no symbolism behind the picture; I just thought it was high time for a doggo photo) Years ago, a client left me a plain notecard...
- Feb 1, 2021
Words suck sometimes.
Words are clearly the basis of what I do-- I'm a talk therapist. That's the currency of my career. But words serve us best as a window. ...
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