Posts Tagged ‘mindfulness’
Who Do We Appreciate? || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
Certainly, I am dating myself. The title is the end of an innocent refrain — two, four, six, eight … who do we appreciate? — from high school years when cheerleaders stood on the field and led students in a chant to show appreciation for the cherished team out on the field. These days, it…
Read MoreNervous System Care: A Simple Way to Come Back to Yourself || By Bre Smith, LPCC
The moments we need support the most are often the moments we forget what actually helps. A big part of both my personal self-care and my clinical work with clients in my private practice, Wild Alchemy Counseling, is nervous system care. This is what I want to explore today. We all need this kind of…
Read MoreHot Takes || By Beth Hinnen, Certifed Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
These days, it feels like things are happening at the speed of light. No matter what is on your news feed, chances are you are seeing headlines by the handfuls come across minute by minute. Each headline typically proclaims this event is a “disaster,” an “atrocity” with “long-term impacts,” or it is “epic,” “unprecedented” and…
Read MorePerfection: Creativity’s Kryptonite || By Phannie Krentzman
What is perfection? “The condition, state or quality of being free or free as possible from all flaws or defects.” This definition, from Webster, requires an agreement of what that condition of perfection means. Where does that idea come from? How do we construct the ideal perfection, why do we need perfection and what does…
Read MoreWhat Do We Do When We’re Scared? || By Bre Smith
Sometimes when I feel really scared my system (body/mind) feels like it goes “offline.” What I mean by this is if my brain ran on Wi-Fi, my Wi-Fi went out. I don’t have access to the functioning I typically do (or that is expected of me socially). For us psych nerds, I am speaking to…
Read MoreEveryone Is On a Hero’s Journey || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
If Joseph Campbell popularized the hero’s journey, then J.R.R. Tolkien made it palpable with the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy. Every year, between Christmas and New Year’s, I watch all 3 movies. It used to be in one day, starting at 8 am. And given that I watch the extended versions — a full…
Read MoreFate or Destiny: It’s your choice || By Phannie Krentzman
Fate and Destiny have one thing in common; you make them both up. I am a curious person and when I learn or hear about something, I wonder about its origins, about its truth and how it applies to my life. On my journey of self-discovery, the concept of fate and destiny has come up…
Read MoreFinding Mind-Body-Spirit Balance During the Holidays: A Holistic Perspective from a Therapist in Denver || By Leanne Morton, MA, LPC, ATR
Why the Holidays Feel Heavy (Even When They’re Meant to Be Joyful) The holidays are rarely just about the joy, connection, and magic we see in the media. Alongside those pleasant experiences often comes the expectation to do more: consume more, create more, decorate more, cook more. At the same time, nature is slowing down.…
Read MoreTwo Sides of the Same Coin — ReDo* || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
*I first published a version of this blog during COVID. During any trying time in my life, it drops in for me that adequacy and interdependency are two sides of the same coin. And during those days of COVID, I saw this coin being flipped in every moment, with one word or the other, each…
Read MoreYour Fight Response || By Laura Zwisler, LPC
I have observed from my seat across from the human condition, that adults with particularly unjust childhoods tend to have “anger” problems. In reality, they have a handful of problematic triggers that cause them to act out whenever they feel threatened in the same way they were as a kid. From that viewpoint, their behavior is rational. From…
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