The New Year is Inherently Anxiety-Provoking
Welcome to 2018 – out with the old, and in with the new! It’s time to sit down and make a list of all the ways that this is the year that you’ll be different than you’ve ever been before! [...]
An Open Letter to My Clients
Dear Clients, I am writing this letter to express my deepest admiration, gratitude, and respect to you. You are the most courageous group of people I have ever met, and I am so lucky to have the opportunity to get [...]
What Scaling a Wall Taught Me About Trust and Relationships
It takes a leap of faith to try something new as an adult, so I’m not quite sure how I found myself at Stronghold Climbing Gym, a rock wall gymnasium, this past weekend. I had signed up for a beginner-level [...]
Empowerment Through Fitness
In Conversation with Celebrity Fitness Trainer Kit Rich Last week I had the incredible privilege of having lunch with an old high school acquaintance named Kit Rich to talk about self-image, body conflict, and the connection between physical and emotional [...]
Heroic Journeys: Healing Through Fantasy Worlds
It was clear that the client sitting in front of me was in pain. I listened to her story, I acknowledged and validated her hardships, and I nodded as she told me she sometimes wrestled with the decision of whether [...]
Healthy Expressions of Anger
“Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent [...]
Hurt People Hurt People
One day, I had a conversation with an acquaintance. Out of nowhere, the tone of the conversation went from amicable to mean-spirited. One minute, we were friendly, and the next minute, he was lashing out at me for seemingly no [...]