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How Unpleasant Emotions Can Actually Make Your Life Better
If you’re like most humans, you resist, suppress, or distract yourself from unpleasant emotions because they can be uncomfortable, overwhelming, or even…
How to Make Friends With Uncertainty
As women, we have been told time and time again that we must have a clear plan for our lives. It's as if we are expected to have a blueprint for the perfect…
Navigating Well-Meaning but Harmful Advice About Your Chronic Illness
Chronic pain and illness can be tough to manage because it's often invisible and misunderstood by those who don't live with them daily. You may feel alone or like no one understands what you're going through.
How to Figure Out Who You Are
Have you ever fantasized about leaving your "comfortable" job, cutting all contact with the outside world, and running…
How to Turn Despair into Hope
When clients first come to therapy, they’ve often reached the depths of despair. Their illness has taken control of nearly everything, and they feel certain that…
Confessions of a Therapist With a Chronic Illness
I've come to realize that my clients value knowing that they're not alone in their suffering. So, for that reason, I offer these confessions on behalf of anyone who is chronically ill or struggling in their body.