Therapy Thursday

There is a subtle but important difference between an excuse and an explanation, and it primarily comes down to where responsibility is placed.

The best therapists should be constantly losing their jobs, because it means they’ve done what they were hired to do.

Communication is at the heart of ALL relationships, and miscommunication is often at the heart of many relationship problems. This hack can be a game changer for improving your communication skills!

Forgiveness is hard, and we sometimes make it harder by expecting it to be something that it’s not.

Attention is a limited resource that must be budgeted and spent much like our money. And what you spend your attention on makes a big impact on your mental health.

Don’t wait for the deathbed, the wedding, the Thanksgiving dinner, or any other big moment, to share how you feel with the people you love.

As we head into the holidays, it can help remove a lot of disappointment or frustration if you just expect the expected.

When we say that we “can’t” do something, that statement is almost never actually true. And recognizing what is the actual truth of the matter will create a much more empowering decision.

Life is about choosing which “hard” you prefer, and one of those choices is often between discomfort and resentment.

Absolute, black and white, all or nothing thinking, can be a very big problem for both relationships and individuals. In this episode, we look at where these thoughts are actually coming from and what we can do about...

I don’t really love the advice that we give to people to “do your best.” Sometimes the pressure to do your best gets to be too much, and when people feel like they can’t do their best, they choose to do nothing.

Sometimes the pain caused by an unmet expectation is far worse than the experience itself. But the good news is that this "expectation pain" is optional!

If you are always struggling to make decisions because you are so concerned about making "the right choice" then I have some good news for you: there is no such thing!

Did you know it is 100% guaranteed that there is something you believe to be true that you are wrong about? Whether it's something scientifically that we just don't know enough about yet, or a narrative belief about...

Sometimes we just don't feel motivated to follow through with things we have committed to. (Like, for me, today, recording this podcast.) And that's okay! In this episode we talk about why re-evaluating your initial...