A Counselor’s Take on Coronavirus

We are living in a crazy time. The coronavirus is something that no one could have predicted and that has interrupted and stolen so much from our lives and normalcy.  Many of my clients with underlying anxiety are seeing their anxiety levels rise...

5 Signs That Your Cup Needs Refilling

Taking care of yourself means keeping your cup full.  If you don’t do things to keep your cup full, you have nothing left to give to yourself, to what is most important to you, or to share with others.  This is a tough concept for all of us because we have...

Be Aware of Your Impact on Others

Have you ever been in a situation where you were around people you hadn’t seen in a really long time?  I’ve experienced a few of those.  The one that stands out the most to me was a high school reunion I attended around ten years ago.  It was the 40th...

The Four C’s of Life

“I like to live my life in a rut. The deeper the rut, the more I like it.” a friend I worked with in China would always say. In many ways her life contradicted what she said. After all, this fifty something had given up a teaching career in the US to teach in China...