Rainbow sidewalks might seem arbitrary; it is just a chunk of concrete. It doesn’t do anything for the LGBTQ+ community in Florida. But, why do rainbow crosswalks matter? If you are curious keep reading.

*Content Warning:  This blog post contains a discussion of suicide.  Please take care while reading. If you are in crisis or need support, please dial 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.  It is hard to believe that what we know as AI actually began in 1950. And, the first chatbot was created in […]

Frederic Gros is a french philosopher who edited Michel Focault’s paper’s (another french philosopher, political activist, and historian); wrote the Philosophy of Walking in 2014 which is a great book on mindfulness, being present, and (of course) walking. A Philosophy of Shame was published in May of this year. He poses a different narrative to […]

Looking back over my life, the list of what I have waited for is somewhat daunting. In my adult life alone, I have waited for: high school to finish, college to start, college to finish, grad school to start, grad school to finish, dating to begin, engagement to take place, marriage, children and home buying […]

Gen X and Millennials are projected to become the richest generation in history. There are a lot of ways to seize power for the people through financial means also known as financial activism. Not everyone can hold a sign and join a protest on the street, whether it be for physical or logistical challenges. Financial […]

Waiting seasons are like challenging seasons. You are either in a waiting season, coming out of a waiting season or in the middle of one. The same can be said of challenging seasons—you are either in one, coming out of one or in between them. For today, we are going to focus on waiting seasons.

Reading self-help books are one way to help increase self-awareness and insight. If you are a reader, this blog is for you, and if not; that’s okay! These are all topics that can be learned and explored through therapy.

In the practical part of the blog on this topic, we talked about different types of “community.”   We can be “in community” with one person or we can be in a more social type of “community” with multiple people.

No one can tell the future, so we all are forced to sit with uncertainty about what will happen. Anxiety is inherently placed in the future, or the past, because anxiety is rooted in things we cannot control. How we think about the future can cause us to feel, anxious or stressed, or calm and […]

I have an old therapy intervention I have used for years which I simply call, “the two buckets.”  When clients are feeling anxious about different things in their lives, I encourage them to imagine two buckets. One is labeled, “control” and the other is labeled “not control.” For more hands-on learners, I take a sheet […]