Reflect

The Me in the Chair

I once heard someone liken choosing a therapist to picking out a car. You must know what kind of car you want and even take a test drive...

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Aug 2, 20252 min read

Calm Anxiety

Tools to Calm the Anxious Mind Worrying comes with the territory of being human in these trying times. We are all too familiar with those anxious, questioning internal voices. “What if the worst were to happen?” “Could I be doing more?” “Am I enough?!” Most of the time, our Anxious Minds are manageable, controllable, and even helpful. Anxiety is a natural occurrence and motivates us to take care of business. That anxiety might have kicked you into high gear during the p

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Jul 31, 20253 min read

Taking the L

I’ve learned to “take the L,” as my son refers to it while losing to him in sports, which I can accept as long as I strive to "take the...

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Jul 31, 20253 min read

Vibe Check

My 11-year-old son regularly educates me on what is and what is not a vibe. Apparently, this is a very serious assessment, often referred to as a “vibe check.” He insists that homework and bedtime kill his vibe—though, after 20 minutes of listening to him complain about it, I can confirm that his complaining kills mine. As a true (now) Southern Californian family, we sprinkle “vibe” and “dude” into our sentences more often than Jeff Spicoli himself. But for those of us who

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Jul 31, 20252 min read