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 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
- 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
- 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 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 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 22, 2022
- 3 min
Rest: A Counter-Cultural Approach to Treating Mental Health
In a culture that values productivity, perfection, and persistence, of course we find individuals experiencing a lack of self worth, and...
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rshepard
- Oct 15, 2022
- 4 min
Distract with ACCEPTS: Another survival strategy from Dialectical Behavior Therapy
When feeling emotionally overwhelmed, it can be helpful to have tools to distract until your body is calm again. Emotional dysregulation...
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rshepard
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
T.I.P.P. Crisis Survival Strategy from Dialectical Behavior Therapy
If experiencing a panic attack or overwhelming emotions these 4 steps are an easy way to "hi-jack" your body to calm yourself quickly....
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rshepard
- Sep 16, 2022
- 2 min
B.R.A.V.I.N.G. a guide for trust of others and self (from Brené Brown's Braving the Wilderness)
I aspire to someday write like Brené Brown. I love how authentic and REAL she is. Braving the Wilderness was the first of her books that...
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rshepard
- Aug 25, 2022
- 3 min
Complete the Stress Response Cycle to avoid Burnout
When being chased by a lion our brains and bodies go into fight or flight mode. Flooded with stress responses we run, the primary goal is...
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rshepard
- Aug 16, 2022
- 2 min
Therapist Uncensored Podcast (#182) Review
Internal Family Systems(IFS), Neuroplasticity, and Attachment With Dr. Frank Anderson There couldn't be a podcast topic that could be...
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rshepard
- Aug 11, 2022
- 2 min
Morning Rhythms: Journaling
This book by Morgan Harper Nichols and journal was given to me as a graduation gift. When I received them I thought, "I am going to...
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