Get the Most Out of Your Therapy Sessions
If you are like me, the 50 minutes of therapy are the most precious moments of the week. Sometimes there are so many things to talk about...
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rshepard
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Vulnerability: a Sign of True Strength in Relationships
We are told and reinforced by our own experience that being vulnerable is weakness. Thanks to Brené Brown vulnerability has become a buzz...
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rshepard
- Jan 3
- 3 min
3 Ways to Honor Your Mental Health While Making New Year Resolutions.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" -Mary Oliver When we think about making resolutions we are...
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rshepard
- Nov 9, 2023
- 2 min
Exploring Your Hidden Feelings: An Exercise
This exercise is taken from the book, "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" by Lindsay C. Gibson. It is difficult to name our...
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rshepard
- Oct 19, 2023
- 2 min
Why is it so Difficult to Make Friends as an Adult?
Making friends is difficult, especially as a working adult. It feels like if you haven't made friends already, how are you going to make...
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rshepard
- Aug 29, 2023
- 2 min
How Friendship Transforms Our Lives
For some friendships are the support that help them survive, for others it increases their anxiety just to hear the word, "friendship."...
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rshepard
- Jul 28, 2023
- 3 min
Self - Soothing: return to the basics
For everyone who experiences stress, anxiety, or any sort of dysregulation it can be helpful to have a list of tools to soothe yourself....
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rshepard
- Jun 13, 2023
- 2 min
Pronoun Etiquette
Safe Meadow Counseling is an ally of, and provides mental health services for the LGBTQIA+ community. To celebrate Pride month I thought...
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rshepard
- May 18, 2023
- 3 min
FUN! --- How to have true fun.
As we head into summer what could be better than focusing on FUN? From The Lazy Genius Podcast, episode #306 - "What we need to have more...
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rshepard
- Mar 16, 2023
- 3 min
Green, Yellow, Red Light Boundaries
From The Book of Boundaries: Set the Limits That will Set You Free by Melissa Urban, I bring you a concept that may help you change your...
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rshepard
- Feb 23, 2023
- 3 min
Start Here
Some of you are subscribers to this blog, some of you are browsing through looking at the website. Welcome! either way. I thought it...
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rshepard
- Jan 13, 2023
- 3 min
How to Set & Hold Boundaries
From the podcast We Can Do Hard Things with guest Melissa Urban Boundaries can be difficult to set, because often people who need them...
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rshepard
- Dec 24, 2022
- 3 min
When Joy feels scarce, and all does not feel Merry and Bright
It seems like for most people the holidays is a stressful time. Either with the stress of buying the "right" gift for everyone, or being...
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rshepard
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
5 NEW Resources for Couples during the Holidays
For some, the holidays is a very triggering time of year, which creates more conflict in their intimate relationships. This guide is...
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rshepard
- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min
True Belonging begins with Self Acceptance
If you have anxiety and tendencies toward perfectionism or feeling like you have to earn love in your relationships, this topic may speak...
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rshepard
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Gratitude and Mental Health
Thanksgiving is a holiday, celebrated by some, centered around thankfulness. For some that looks like celebrating with family, taking...
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rshepard
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Preparing for the Holidays: managing emotions when with family.
For most the holidays is a time to connect with family and relatives that are not in your daily life, for some it is a joyous experience...
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rshepard
- Nov 11, 2022
- 4 min
Secure Relating: a tool for any attachment style
Inspired by Therapist Uncensored Podcast with Dr. Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott, episode 190 "Secure Relating, Not the Same as Secure...
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rshepard
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
Gentleness, Mr. Rogers, and Cognitive Reframing
When we think of making mental health changes in our life we often go to images of muscling through, being strong, repetition, practicing...
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rshepard
- Oct 28, 2022
- 4 min
Communicating as a Couple: Speaker and Listener techniques for more effective conflict resolution.
Everyone wants to feel heard and understood. Try these skills from the Gottman Institute to help communicate more effectively. Ever feel...
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