If you are a human person reading this, you can probably remember a time when you judged yourself harshly. Most of us move through life constantly evaluating our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and...

Isn’t it striking that the thing we’ve interacted with every day from our earliest moments is something many of us were never taught actually how to do? Not to mention it is all around us. At...

Two years after Hurricane Helene, the water is gone. The devastation is not. September has a different weight here now. I feel it before I remember why. The light shifts. The mornings cool, and the...

From the first moment of pain, we experience a systemic reaction that is not only physical in nature but also cognitive and emotional. This concert of responsiveness is instinctual and beyond our...

As a therapist, I am very familiar with the concept of self-compassion. It comes up early and often in sessions, and clinically can be such a helpful tool to combat anxiety and depression. So, why...